Table 4 Correlation between patient safety culture dimension scores
PSC dimensions | Teamwork | Supervision | Organizational learning | Management | Overall | Feedback | Communication | Team unit | Handoff | Punitive | N event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Teamwork across hospital units | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Supervisor/manager expectations | 0.060 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Organizational learning | 0.220** | 0.125** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Management support | 0.203** | 0.008 | 0.002 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Overall perceptions of safety | − 0.027 | 0.186** | 0.110* | 0.096* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Feedback about error | − 0.026- | 0.328** | 0.159** | 0.262** | 0.138** | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Communication openness | 0.044 | − 0.191** | − 0.149** | 0.328** | 0.372** | 0.144** | – | – | – | – | – |
Team unit | 0.117* | 0.041 | 0.046 | 0.006 | 0.134** | 0.081 | 0.052 | – | – | – | – |
Handoffs | 0.214** | 0.174** | 0.102* | − 0.070- | 0.142** | − 0.036- | 0.063 | − 0.111* | – | – | – |
Punitive | 0.108* | − 0.002- | − 0.024 | 0.143** | − 0.066 | 0.181** | 0.101* | − 0.045- | 0.164** | – | – |
Number of events | − 0.065 | 0.011 | 0.277** | − 0.008 | 0.239** | 0.103* | − 0.018- | 0.509** | 0.014 | 0.262** | – |
Staffing | − 0.093* | 0.140** | 0.033 | 0.094* | 0.122** | 0.067 | − 0.082 | − 0.076 | − 0.058 | 0.095* | − 0.073 |