Transcultural adaptation and psychometric study of the French version of the nursing home survey on patient safety culture questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture (NHSOPS) questionnaire was developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), particularly as an intervention to raise staff awareness about patient safety issues. The main objective of the present study was to provide a validated French-language measure of the safety culture (SC) in nursing homes. Thus the aim was i) to carry out a transcultural adaptation into French of the NHSOPS questionnaire, ii) to assess its psychometric properties in a sample of professionals working in French EHPAD facilities and iii) to develop our own tool.

Methods

The study was carried out on volunteering professionals from 61 nursing homes (from January to March 2016). Two phases were conducted: an initial phase involv

SUBMITTER: Teigne D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6631961 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature