title: Development of a patient safety culture measurement tool for ambulatory health care settings: analysis of content validity.
abstract: The development of patient safety culture in health care organizations is a necessary precursor to patient safety improvement. However, existing tools to measure patient safety culture are intended for implementation in hospitals. A new, abbreviated patient safety culture survey was developed for use in ambulatory health care settings. This survey was tested for content validity utilizing a panel of six experts. It had a clarity interrater agreement (IR) of 0.75, a clarity content validity index (CVI) of 0.95, a representativeness IR of 0.75 and a representativeness CVI of 0.95. The content validity analysis served as a useful tool for assessing the relevance and comprehensiveness of this survey of patient safety culture in ambulatory care organizations.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 4304 A Maryland Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA. litzauaj@slu.edu
authors.forename: Amanda L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Schutz
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Counte
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meurer
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012308:Risk Management; D012449:Safety