Effect of Nurses’ Professionalism, Work Environment, and Communication with Health Professionals on Patient Safety Culture (AHRQ 2.0.): A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study

Table 5

Multiple regression analysis to identify the factors influencing patient safety culture (N = 271).

Variables		B	β	t	p	VIF
Work-related characteristics	(Constant)	1.275		4.820	<0.001
	Job position	0.009	0.022	0.506	0.613	1.239
	Attended patient safety-related education	−0.204	−0.052	−1.280	0.202	1.074
Professionalism	Public service	−0.053	−0.052	−1.115	0.266	1.396
	Sense of calling	0.016	0.022	0.446	0.656	1.578
Nursing work environment	Nursing foundations for quality of care	0.199	0.230	3.391	<0.001	2.998
	Nurse manager ability, leadership, and support of nurses	0.222	0.294	5.100	<0.001	2.172
	Nurse participation in hospital affairs	−0.062	−0.075	−1.037	0.301	3.441
	Collegial nurse-physician relations	−0.093	−0.138	−2.244	0.026	2.468
	Staffing and resource adequacy	0.039	0.050	0.951	0.342	1.793
Nurses’ communication with health professionals	Openness	0.006	0.010	0.112	0.911	4.905
	Accuracy	0.090	0.117	2.700	0.007	1.217
	Understanding	−0.045	−0.077	−1.096	0.274	3.254
	Shift communication	0.079	0.128	2.243	0.026	2.114
	Satisfaction	0.168	0.283	3.460	0.001	4.359
	Timeliness	0.176	0.239	4.528	<0.001	1.823
R^2 = 0.61, Adj R^2 = 0.59, and (<0.001)