Development of a patient safety culture measurement tool for ambulatory health care settings: analysis of content validity

Amanda L Schutz; Michael A Counte; Steven Meurer

doi:10.1007/s10729-007-9014-y

Development of a patient safety culture measurement tool for ambulatory health care settings: analysis of content validity

Health Care Manag Sci. 2007 Jun;10(2):139-49. doi: 10.1007/s10729-007-9014-y.

Authors

Amanda L Schutz¹, Michael A Counte, Steven Meurer

Affiliation

¹ School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 4304 A Maryland Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA. litzauaj@slu.edu

PMID: 17608055
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9014-y

Abstract

The development of patient safety culture in health care organizations is a necessary precursor to patient safety improvement. However, existing tools to measure patient safety culture are intended for implementation in hospitals. A new, abbreviated patient safety culture survey was developed for use in ambulatory health care settings. This survey was tested for content validity utilizing a panel of six experts. It had a clarity interrater agreement (IR) of 0.75, a clarity content validity index (CVI) of 0.95, a representativeness IR of 0.75 and a representativeness CVI of 0.95. The content validity analysis served as a useful tool for assessing the relevance and comprehensiveness of this survey of patient safety culture in ambulatory care organizations.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care / organization & administration
Ambulatory Care / standards*
Communication
Data Collection / methods
Humans
Risk Management
Safety*