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First evidence on the validity and reliability of the Safety Organizing Scale-Nursing Home version (SOS-NH).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Safety Organizing Scale is a valid and reliable measure on safety behaviors and practices in hospitals.

Purpose of the study

This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the Safety Organizing Scale-Nursing Home version (SOS-NH).

Design and methods

In a cross-sectional analysis of staff survey data, we examined validity and reliability of the 9-item Safety SOS-NH using American Educational Research Association guidelines.

Subjects and setting

This substudy of a larger trial used baseline survey data collected from staff members (n = 627) in a variety of work roles in 13 nursing homes (NHs) in North Carolina and Virginia.

Results

Psychometric evaluation of the SOS-NH revealed good response patterns with low average of missing values across all items (3.05%). Analyses of the SOS-NH's internal structure (eg, comparative fit indices = 0.929, standardized root mean square error of approximation = 0.045) and consistency (composite reliability = 0.94) suggested its 1-dimensionality. Significant between-facility variability, intraclass correlations, within-group agreement, and design effect confirmed appropriateness of the SOS-NH for measurement at the NH level, justifying data aggregation. The SOS-NH showed discriminate validity from one related concept: communication openness.

Implications

Initial evidence regarding validity and reliability of the SOS-NH supports its utility in measuring safety behaviors and practices among a wide range of NH staff members, including those with low literacy. Further psychometric evaluation should focus on testing concurrent and criterion validity, using resident outcome measures (eg, patient fall rates).

SUBMITTER: Ausserhofer D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3735648 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First evidence on the validity and reliability of the Safety Organizing Scale-Nursing Home version (SOS-NH).

Ausserhofer Dietmar D Anderson Ruth A RA Colón-Emeric Cathleen C Schwendimann René R

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 20130514 8

<h4>Background</h4>The Safety Organizing Scale is a valid and reliable measure on safety behaviors and practices in hospitals.<h4>Purpose of the study</h4>This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the Safety Organizing Scale-Nursing Home version (SOS-NH).<h4>Design and methods</h4>In a cross-sectional analysis of staff survey data, we examined validity and reliability of the 9-item Safety SOS-NH using American Educational Research Association guidelines.<h4>Subjects and setting< ...[more]

PMID: 23684122

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Dataset Information

First evidence on the validity and reliability of the Safety Organizing Scale-Nursing Home version (SOS-NH).

Background

Purpose of the study

Design and methods

Subjects and setting

Results

Implications

Publications

First evidence on the validity and reliability of the Safety Organizing Scale-Nursing Home version (SOS-NH).

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