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.