VALIDATION OF THE SAFETY ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE (SHORT FORM 2006) IN MANAGEMENT STAFF OF CROATIAN HOSPITALS

Abstract

Healthcare professionals’ perception of the safety climate has been used as a tool to develop the instruments to measure patient safety climate in healthcare. Safety Attitudes Questionnaire 2006 Short Form (SAQ) has been considered a reliable and sensitive tool to assess safety attitudes. It has been used to explore the relationship between safety climate scores and patient outcomes and has also become the most commonly used self-reported psychometric questionnaire that measures safety attitudes in front-line workers.