Dimensions (from original 12-factor model) | Germany (EFA) | USA (Sorra and Nieva 2004) | England (UK) (Waterson et al., 2010) | Scotland (UK) (Sarac et al., 2011) | France (Occelli et al., 2013) | Switzerland (Perneger, 2013) | Switzerland (Pfeiffer and Manser, 2010) | Netherlands (Smits et al., 2008) | Sweden (Hedsköld et al., 2013) | Slovenia (Robida, 2013) | Turkey (Bodur, 2010) | Palestine (Najjar et al., 2013) |
01. Teamwork within units | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.74 |
02. Organisational learning – continuous improvement | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.68 | ||||||
03. Non-punitive response to error | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.74 |
04. Staffing | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.53 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.73 |
05. Overall perceptions of patient safety | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.71 | ||||||
06. Supervisor expectations and actions promoting patient safety | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
07. Frequency of events reported | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
08. Feedback and communication about error | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.80 |
09. Communication openness | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | ||||||||
10. Management support for patient safety | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | |
11. Teamwork across units | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.82 | 0.75 | ||
12. Handoffs and transitions | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.75 |
<0.7, not satisfactory (cells coloured in dark grey); ≥0.7, good23; empty cell (coloured in light grey), dimension is not present in the model.