Adaption and validation of the safety attitudes questionnaire for the Danish hospital setting

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-160

  Kristensen, Solvejg ^a,b,c   Sabroe, Svend ^d   Bartels, Paul ^a,b   Mainz, Jan ^b,c   Christensen, Karl Bang ^e  

^a Danish Clinical Registries   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Patient safety culture; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; SAFETY ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAMWORK; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84922357228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S75560     Document Type: Article

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