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Safety Performance of Healthcare Professionals: Validation and Use of the Adapted Workplace Health and Safety Instrument

Improving patient safety and reducing occupational accidents are two of the main challenges in healthcare. Instruments to measure safety performance and occupational safety are rare. This study aimed to prepare and validate a German version of the adapted workplace health and safety instrument to as...

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Autores principales: Heier, Lina, Gambashidze, Nikoloz, Hammerschmidt, Judith, Riouchi, Donia, Weigl, Matthias, Neal, Andrew, Icks, Andrea, Brossart, Peter, Geiser, Franziska, Ernstmann, Nicole
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360109
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157816
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author Heier, Lina
Gambashidze, Nikoloz
Hammerschmidt, Judith
Riouchi, Donia
Weigl, Matthias
Neal, Andrew
Icks, Andrea
Brossart, Peter
Geiser, Franziska
Ernstmann, Nicole
author_facet Heier, Lina
Gambashidze, Nikoloz
Hammerschmidt, Judith
Riouchi, Donia
Weigl, Matthias
Neal, Andrew
Icks, Andrea
Brossart, Peter
Geiser, Franziska
Ernstmann, Nicole
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description Improving patient safety and reducing occupational accidents are two of the main challenges in healthcare. Instruments to measure safety performance and occupational safety are rare. This study aimed to prepare and validate a German version of the adapted workplace health and safety instrument to assess the safety performance of healthcare professionals. Overall, 168 healthcare professionals participated in this explorative cross-sectional study. The instrument consists of 16 items related to safety performance in four dimensions. We calculated mean values and standard deviations for each individual item and those of the four dimensions of the instrument. We evaluated internal consistency and construct validity, explored the dimensionality of the instrument through exploratory factor analysis, and tested how our data fit with the original model with confirmatory factor analysis. Among the participants, 73.8% were nurses and nurses in training, with the majority of the sample being female (71.9%) and younger than 30 (52.5%). Cronbach’s alpha for all four dimensions was >0.7. All items were loaded on factors according to the original theoretical model. Confirmatory factor analysis showed good model fit (normed χ²/df = 1.43 (≤2.5), root mean square error of approximation = 0.06 (≤0.07), goodness of fit index = 0.90 (>0.90), comparative fit index = 0.95 (≥0.90), and Tucker–Lewis index = 0.93 (>0.90). The German version of the instrument demonstrated acceptable properties and was a good fit to the original theoretical model, allowing measurement of healthcare professionals’ safety knowledge, motivation, compliance, and participation.
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spelling pubmed-83455422021-08-07 Safety Performance of Healthcare Professionals: Validation and Use of the Adapted Workplace Health and Safety Instrument Heier, Lina Gambashidze, Nikoloz Hammerschmidt, Judith Riouchi, Donia Weigl, Matthias Neal, Andrew Icks, Andrea Brossart, Peter Geiser, Franziska Ernstmann, Nicole Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Improving patient safety and reducing occupational accidents are two of the main challenges in healthcare. Instruments to measure safety performance and occupational safety are rare. This study aimed to prepare and validate a German version of the adapted workplace health and safety instrument to assess the safety performance of healthcare professionals. Overall, 168 healthcare professionals participated in this explorative cross-sectional study. The instrument consists of 16 items related to safety performance in four dimensions. We calculated mean values and standard deviations for each individual item and those of the four dimensions of the instrument. We evaluated internal consistency and construct validity, explored the dimensionality of the instrument through exploratory factor analysis, and tested how our data fit with the original model with confirmatory factor analysis. Among the participants, 73.8% were nurses and nurses in training, with the majority of the sample being female (71.9%) and younger than 30 (52.5%). Cronbach’s alpha for all four dimensions was >0.7. All items were loaded on factors according to the original theoretical model. Confirmatory factor analysis showed good model fit (normed χ²/df = 1.43 (≤2.5), root mean square error of approximation = 0.06 (≤0.07), goodness of fit index = 0.90 (>0.90), comparative fit index = 0.95 (≥0.90), and Tucker–Lewis index = 0.93 (>0.90). The German version of the instrument demonstrated acceptable properties and was a good fit to the original theoretical model, allowing measurement of healthcare professionals’ safety knowledge, motivation, compliance, and participation. MDPI 2021-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8345542/ /pubmed/34360109 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157816 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gambashidze, Nikoloz
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Riouchi, Donia
Weigl, Matthias
Neal, Andrew
Icks, Andrea
Brossart, Peter
Geiser, Franziska
Ernstmann, Nicole
Safety Performance of Healthcare Professionals: Validation and Use of the Adapted Workplace Health and Safety Instrument
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360109
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157816
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