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Enfermería Global
On-line version ISSN 1695-6141
Abstract
LOURENCAO, Daniela Campos de Andrade and TRONCHIN, Daisy Maria Rizatto. Confirmatory factor analysis of the safety attitudes questionnaire/operating room. Enferm. glob. [online]. 2019, vol.18, n.55, pp.195-245. Epub Oct 21, 2019. ISSN 1695-6141. https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.18.3.334781.
Objective
To analyze the factor structure of the version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire/Operating Room Version that has been translated and culturally adapted to the Brazilian context.
Method
This was a methodological study about a questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered to 412 health professionals who worked in operating rooms. The factor structure was tested with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Cronbach's alpha. Results: The total score for Cronbach's alpha was 0.912; and the scores for the domains ranged from 0.56 and 0.85. The domain with the worst performance was communication in the surgical setting.
Theresultsof CFA showed that the score for SRMR was 0.052, RMSEA, 0.031, and CFI, 0.95. These scores indicate the reliability and acceptability of the Brazilian adaptation of the questionnaire.
Conclusion
The factor structure demonstrated the validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the questionnaire for measuring the patient safety climate as perceived by healthcare professionals who worked in surgical settings
Keywords : Patient Safety; Surgicenters; Perioperative Nursing; Validation Studies.