The Improvement Readiness scale of the SCORE survey: a metric to assess capacity for quality improvement in healthcare
Abstract Background Quality improvement efforts are inextricably linked to the readiness of healthcare workers to take them on. The current study aims to clarify the nature and measurement of Improvement Readiness (IR) by 1) examining the psychometric properties of a novel IR scale, 2) assessing rel...
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doaj-1eb62f05d3464594ad73eb36dc2183632020-11-25T02:56:06ZengBMCBMC Health Services Research1472-69632018-12-0118111010.1186/s12913-018-3743-0The Improvement Readiness scale of the SCORE survey: a metric to assess capacity for quality improvement in healthcareKathryn C. Adair0Krystina Quow1Allan Frankel2Paul J. Mosca3Jochen Profit4Allison Hadley5Michael Leonard6J. Bryan Sexton7Duke Patient Safety Center, Duke University Health SystemDuke University School of Medicine, Duke University Health SystemSafe and Reliable HealthcareDuke Network Services, Duke University Health SystemDivision of Neonatal Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford UniversityDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Duke Children’s Hospital and Health CenterSafe and Reliable HealthcareDuke Patient Safety Center, Duke University Health SystemAbstract Background Quality improvement efforts are inextricably linked to the readiness of healthcare workers to take them on. The current study aims to clarify the nature and measurement of Improvement Readiness (IR) by 1) examining the psychometric properties of a novel IR scale, 2) assessing relationships between IR and other safety culture domains 3) exploring whether IR differs by healthcare worker demographic factors, and 4) examining linguistic differences in word type use between high and low scoring IR work settings from their free text responses. Methods Of 13,040 eligible healthcare workers across a large academic health system, 10,627 (response rate 81%) completed the 5-item IR scale, demographics, safety culture scales, and two open-ended questions. Psychometric analyses, correlations and ANOVAs tested the properties of IR. Linguistic Inquiry Word Count software assessed comments from open-ended questions. Results The IR scale exhibited strong psychometric properties and a one factor model fit the data well (Cronbach’s alpha = .93; RMSEA = .07; CFI = 99; TLI = .99). IR scores differed significantly by role, shift, shift length, and years in specialty. IR correlated significantly and in expected directions with safety culture scales. Linguistic analyses revealed that people in low versus high IR work settings used significantly more words in their responses, and specifically more past tense verbs (e.g., “ignored”), negative emotion words (e.g., “upset”), and first person singular (“I”). Workers from high IR work settings used significantly more positive emotions words (e.g., “grateful”) and social words (e.g., “team”). Conclusion The IR scale exhibits strong psychometric properties, is associated with better safety and teamwork climate, lower burnout, and predicts linguistic differences in high versus low IR groups.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3743-0Improvement readinessSCORE, quality improvementQualitative responsesLearning environmentSafety culture survey |
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Kathryn C. Adair Krystina Quow Allan Frankel Paul J. Mosca Jochen Profit Allison Hadley Michael Leonard J. Bryan Sexton The Improvement Readiness scale of the SCORE survey: a metric to assess capacity for quality improvement in healthcare BMC Health Services Research Improvement readiness SCORE, quality improvement Qualitative responses Learning environment Safety culture survey |
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The Improvement Readiness scale of the SCORE survey: a metric to assess capacity for quality improvement in healthcare |
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The Improvement Readiness scale of the SCORE survey: a metric to assess capacity for quality improvement in healthcare |
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The Improvement Readiness scale of the SCORE survey: a metric to assess capacity for quality improvement in healthcare |
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improvement readiness scale of the score survey: a metric to assess capacity for quality improvement in healthcare |
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Abstract Background Quality improvement efforts are inextricably linked to the readiness of healthcare workers to take them on. The current study aims to clarify the nature and measurement of Improvement Readiness (IR) by 1) examining the psychometric properties of a novel IR scale, 2) assessing relationships between IR and other safety culture domains 3) exploring whether IR differs by healthcare worker demographic factors, and 4) examining linguistic differences in word type use between high and low scoring IR work settings from their free text responses. Methods Of 13,040 eligible healthcare workers across a large academic health system, 10,627 (response rate 81%) completed the 5-item IR scale, demographics, safety culture scales, and two open-ended questions. Psychometric analyses, correlations and ANOVAs tested the properties of IR. Linguistic Inquiry Word Count software assessed comments from open-ended questions. Results The IR scale exhibited strong psychometric properties and a one factor model fit the data well (Cronbach’s alpha = .93; RMSEA = .07; CFI = 99; TLI = .99). IR scores differed significantly by role, shift, shift length, and years in specialty. IR correlated significantly and in expected directions with safety culture scales. Linguistic analyses revealed that people in low versus high IR work settings used significantly more words in their responses, and specifically more past tense verbs (e.g., “ignored”), negative emotion words (e.g., “upset”), and first person singular (“I”). Workers from high IR work settings used significantly more positive emotions words (e.g., “grateful”) and social words (e.g., “team”). Conclusion The IR scale exhibits strong psychometric properties, is associated with better safety and teamwork climate, lower burnout, and predicts linguistic differences in high versus low IR groups. |
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Improvement readiness SCORE, quality improvement Qualitative responses Learning environment Safety culture survey |
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