Adaptation of the Agency for Healthcare...

Measuring staff perspectives on patient safety culture can identify areas of concern that, if addressed, could lead to improvements in healthcare. To date, there is no validated measure to assess patient safety culture that has been tested and adapted for use in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). This research addresses the gap in the evidence through the psychometric assessment of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s: ‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture’ (HSOPSC), to determine its suitability for the health system in BiH.

A translated version of HSOPSC was used to conduct psychometric evaluation including exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Comparison between the original HSOPSC and the newly adapted ‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture for Bosnia and Herzegovina’ (HSOPSC-BiH) was carried out.

The HSOPSC-BiH demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties, with acceptable to good internal consistency and construct validity. Therefore, we recommend the HSOPSC-BiH as a basis for assessing patient safety culture in BiH. This survey could provide insight into patient safety concerns in BiH so that strategies to overcome these issues could be formulated and implemented.