General information of instruments included in the review
| Instrument and reference | Country, hospital type and population | Purpose | Administration | Items and scoring | Subscales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Practice Environment Scale36 | USA Teaching hospital (n=1) Staff (n=849) | To measure eight characteristics of the professional practice environment in an acute care setting | Self-rating | 38; 4-point Likert Scale (‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’) | Handling disagreement and conflict (8); internal work motivation (7); control over practice (7); leadership and autonomy in clinical practice (5); staff relationships with physicians (2); teamwork (4); cultural sensitivity (3); communication about patients (2) |
| Swedish language Person-centred Climate Questionnaire—patient version30 | Sweden Local hospitals (n=3) Patients (n=544) | To measure the extent to which hospital environments are experienced by patients as person-centred | Self-rating | 17; 7-point Likert Scale (‘no, I disagree completely’ to ‘yes, I agree completely’) and 4-point Likert Scale (‘of very little importance’ to ‘of very high importance’) | Safety (10); everydayness (4); hospitality (3) |
| Scale for care quality climate35 | UK Acute hospital trusts (n=86) Staff (n=17949) | To measure leadership to take account of the healthcare context; to measure the care quality orientation as perceived by hospital staff; to measure job satisfaction | Self-rating | 7; 5-point scale (‘strongly disagree’ to ‘strongly agree’) | NR |
| English Language Person-centered Climate Questionnaire—patient Version31 | Australia Hospital facility providing short-stay elective surgery, diagnostic procedures and other planned services (n=1) Patients (108) | To measure the extent to which the climate of healthcare settings are perceived as being person-centered | Self-rating | 17; 7-point Likert Scale (‘no, I disagree completely’ to ‘yes, I agree completely’ | Safety (NR); Hospitality (NR) |
| Swedish language Person-centred Climate Questionnaire—staff version32 | Sweden Hospitals (n=3) Staff (n=600) | To measure the extent to which hospital environments are perceived by staff as person-centred | Self-rating | 14; 6-point-Likert Scale (‘no, I disagree completely’ to ‘yes, I agree completely’) | A climate of safety (5); A climate of everydayness (5); A climate of community (4) |
| English language Person-centred Climate Questionnaire—staff version33 | Australia Hospital facility providing short-stay elective surgery, diagnostic procedures and other planned services (n=1) Healthcare and support staff (n=52) | To measure the extent to which hospital environments are perceived by staff as person-centred | Self-rating | 14; 6-point-Likert Scale (‘no, I disagree completely’ to ‘yes, I agree completely’) | A climate of safety (3); A climate of everydayness (4); A climate of community (3); A climate of comprehensibility (4) |
| Staff questionnaire34 | UK Large district hospital (n=1) Nursing staff (n=97) | To measure the perceptions and experiences of the hospital staff around the organisation and delivery of patient-centred acute nursing care | Self-rating | 45; 4-point Likert Scale (‘always’ to 'never’) | NR |
NR, not reported.