Assessing patients' perceptions of safety culture in the hospital setting: development and initial evaluation of the patients' perceptions of safety culture scale.
Monaca C, Bestmann B, Kattein M, et al. Assessing Patients' Perceptions of Safety Culture in the Hospital Setting: Development and Initial Evaluation of the Patients' Perceptions of Safety Culture Scale. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(1):90-97. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000436.
Safety culture is traditionally measured from the health care team's perspective. Researchers used a large online survey to develop and validate an 11-item scale to measure patients' perception of safety culture. A recent Annual Perspective explored the growing field of patient engagement in safety.