Data Collection
Data were collected using the “Demographic Data Form” and “Safety
Attitudes Questionnaire-SAQ” (Operating Room Version). Data were
collected after the volunteer participants working in the previously
determined state hospitals were given the forms to fill. Once the
necessary explanations were made, the participants were asked to fill in
the forms individually. The filled forms were then collected back by the
researcher. Filling the data collection forms took about 10 to 15
minutes. The parts that were not filled in were considered as missing
data.
Demographic Data Form: The Demographic Data Form consisted of
11 items that included age, gender, marital status, education level,
occupation, general working hours, orientation program, regular
in-service trainings, patient safety education, weekly working hours and
duration of experience. Researcher formed the form in line with the
related literature.10-14
Safety Attitudes Questionnaire-SAQ (Operating Room Version):Safety Attitudes Questionnaire-SAQ Operating Room Version was developed
by Sexton et al. at Texas University in order to identify the attitudes
of the operating room workers about patient safety; reliability and
validity of the scale was performed. 16 Önler and
Akyolcu performed the validity and reliability of the scale in
Turkey.16 The Turkish version of the SAQ Operating
Room Version includes 58 items and 6 domains. Additionally, Some of the
items (1, 12, 16, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 36, 39, 44, 47, 49, 52, 53,
56, 58), which enable to collect data related to enhancing safety in six
areas, have negative statements; these six areas are Teamwork Climate
(14 items), Job Satisfaction (5 items), Perceptions of Management (7
items), Safety Climate (17 items), Working Conditions (3 items), and
Stress Recognition (12 items). As the negative statements are scored
reversely, higher scores indicate more positive attitudes. The items are
responded on a 5-point Likert scale (1= Disagree Strongly, 2=Disagree
Slightly, 3= Neutral, 4= Agree Slightly, 5= Agree Strongly). Responses
given to each item in the scale is summarized, divided into the number
of items, and converted to a 100-point system with scores ranging from 0
to 100. The scale also had open-ended questions that required views
about improving patient safety as well as 5-point Likert type questions
that aimed to investigate collaboration and communication among workers
(1=Very Poor, 2=Poor, 3=Moderate, 4=Good, 5=Very Good).16 Studies show that the Cronbach’s alpha values of
the scale are over 0,7. 16,17 In this study,
Cronbach’s alpha values of the scale were found 0,99 for the whole scale
and between 0,84 to 0,96 for the sub-scales.