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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies

From: Measuring nurses’ perception of work environment: a scoping review of questionnaires

Author/country

Name of questionnaire

Main study object

Target group

Workplace Setting

Items/domains

Response format

Additional literature

Group/appraisal

Adams & Bond (1995) [42]/UK

The Ward Organisational Features Scales -WOFS

Environmental factors influential on the effectiveness of nursing services

Registered nurses

Hospital

105/14

4- and 5-point scales

 

1

Sjetne & Stavem (2006) [89]/Norway

93/12 (did not use 2 domains)

Edvardsson et al. (2009) [40]/Sweden

Person-centred Climate Questionnaire – PCQ-S

Person-centred climate

Healthcare staff

Hospital

14/3

6-point scale

 

1

Bergland et al. (2012) [48]/Norway

Care staff

Nursing homes

Edvardsson et al. (2015) [90]/Sweden

All staff on duty

 

Bondevik et al. (2014) [71]/Norway

The safety attitudes questionnaire – ambulatory Norwegian version for the primary care setting – SAQ-AV

Patient safety culture

Registered nurses, medical secretaries and bioengineers, medical doctors

Out-of-hours casualty clinics & general practitioner practices

62/5

5-point scale

 

1

Buljac-Samardzic et al. (2016) [61]/Netherlands

Direct care employees

Nursing and residential homes

Chou et al. (2002) [51]/UK

Measure of job satisfaction for nursing homes. Based on Traynor & Wade –MJS (1993) [91]/UK

Job satisfaction

All staff

Nursing homes

22/5

5-point scale

Traynor & Wade (1993) [91] /UK

1

Ellenbecker & Byleckie (2005) [59]/USA

Home healthcare nurse’s job sat. scale – HHNJS

Home healthcare nurse’s job satisfaction

All healthcare workers

Home healthcare

30/9

5-point scale

 

1

Ellenbecker et al. (2008) [92]/USA

aEstabrooks et al. (2009) [36]/Canada

Alberta Context Tool – ACT

Organizational context central to evidence-based practice

Paediatric nurses

Hospitals

56–58/ 10

5-point scale

 

1

Nurses (Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses)

Elder care facilities

Eldh et al. (2013) [93] /Sweden

Healthcare aides

Nursing homes

Estabrooks et al. (2013) [60] /Canada

Professional nurses

Different care settings

Squires et al. (2013) [94]/Canada

Flint et al. (2013) [55]/Australia

Brisbane Practice Environment Measure

- B-PEM

Nurses’ practice environment

Registered nurses

Hospital

26/4

5-point scale

Webster et al. (2009) [95] /Australia

1

Reid et al. (2015) [96]/Australia

Sample

28/5

Murrells et al. (2005) [69]/UK

Instrument for job satisfaction in nursing developed for the UK

Nurses’ job satisfaction

Nurses

All settings

20/6

5-point scale

 

1

aTemkin-Greener et al. (2009) [35]/USA

Work environment and perceived work effectiveness

Nursing home work environment and perceived work effectiveness

All employees

Nursing homes

68/5

5-point scale

 

1

Andersson & Lindgren (2008) [53]/Sweden

Karen-personnel

Quality of care from personnel’s perspective

Registered nurses, nurse assistants

Hospital

35/6

5-point scale

Andersson & Lindgren (2013) [97] /Sweden

2

Castle (2010) [46]/USA

Nursing home certified nurse assistant job satisfaction questionnaire – NH-CNA-JSQ

Certified nurse assistant Job satisfaction

Certified nurse assistants

Nursing homes

19/7

Visual analogue rating format (10- point scale)

 

2

ade Brouwer, et al. (2014) [37]/Netherlands

Essentials of Magnetism -EOMII

Essentials of a productive nurse work environment identified by nurses practicing in Magnet hospitals

Nurses with vocational training, Bachelor degree nurses

Hospital

58/8

4-point scale

Schmalenberg & Kramer (2008) [21] /USA

2

Deilkas & Hofoss (2008) [70]/Norway

Norwegian version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, Generic version (Short Form 2006) – SAQ

Patient safety culture

Physicians, nurses, physio-therapists, radiographers

Hospital

36/7

5-point scale

Sexton et al. (2006) [98] /USA, UK, New Zealand

2

From et al. (2013) [50]/Sweden

The Creative Climate Questionnaire – CCQ (Generic)

Creative climate

All care workers

Long-term care

50/10

4-point scale

Mathisen & Einarsen (2004) [99]/R

2

Ives-Erickson et al. (2015) [43]/USA

The patient care associates’ work environment scale – PCA-WES

Patient care associates’ practice environment in the acute care settings

Nurse aides

hospital

35/5

4-point scale

 

2

Lake (2002) [14]/USA

Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index – PES-NWI

Nurses’ practice environment

Registered nurses

Hospital

31/5

4-point scale

 

2

Cummings et al. (2006) [17]/Canada

Hospital

Spence-Laschinger (2008) [66]/Canada

Hospital

Flynn et al. (2010) [3]/USA

Nursing homes

Gajewski et al. (2010) [100]/USA

Hospital

Jarrin et al. (2014) [63]/USA

Home healthcare

Lynn et al. (2009) [101]/USA

Satisfaction in Nursing Scale – SINS

Work satisfaction

Registered nurses

Hospital

55/4

5-point scale

 

2

Mensik (2007) [65]/USA

Dimensions of Magnetism instrument – DOM

Dimensions of Magnetism

Nurses

Home healthcare

37

Checklist −10 most important

 

2

Mueller & Savik (2010) [49]/USA

Nursing Practice Model Questionnaire – NPMQ

Nursing practice model

Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants

Long-term care

37/5

yes/no

3-point scale

 

2

Slater et al. (2009) [56]/Ireland

The Nursing Context Index – NCI

Nurses practice environment (person-centred practice framework)

Registered nurses

Hospital

89/19

7-point scale.

McCormack et al. (2010) [62] /Ireland

2

Residential settings for older people

Tourangeau et al. (2006) [102]/Canada

McCloskey/Mueller satisfaction scale – MMSS

Nurse job satisfaction

Nurses

Hospital

23/7

5-point scale

 

2

Zuniga et al. (2013) [58]/Switzerland

Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture – NHSOPSC

Safety climate

Direct care nursing personnel & nursing unit supervisors

Nursing homes

42/12

5-point scale

 

2

Aiken & Patrician (2000) [13]/USA

Nursing Work Index-Revised – NWI-R

Nurses’ practice environment

Registered nurses

Hospital

57/4

4-point scale

 

3

Flynn et al. (2005) [57]/USA & New Zealand

Hospital, home care & district nursing

47/4

Cummings et al. (2006) [17]/Canada

Hospital

 

Joyce & Crooks (2007) [103]/Australia

Hospital

29/5

Li et al. (2007) [104]/USA

Hospital

21/4

Slater et al. (2010) [105]/Northern Ireland

Hospital

33/3

Sjetne et al. (2010) [106]/Norway

Hospital

26/5

Best & Thurston (2006) [107]/Canada

Index of Worklife Satisfaction – IWS

Worklife satisfaction

Public health nurses

Sample

Part A:15

Part B: 44

Paired comparisons and a 5-point scale

 

3

   

Part B: 44

7-point scale

Zangaro & Soeken (2005) [108] /R

Castle (2006) [64]/USA

The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture –HSOPSC

Safety culture

Nurse aides

Nursing homes

42/12

5-point scale

 

3

Blegen et al. (2009) [109]/USA

Healthcare staff

Hospitals

Castle et al. (2007b) [45]/USA

Nursing home nurse aide job satisfaction questionnaire – NHNA-JSQ

Nurse aide job satisfaction

Nurse aides

Nursing homes

21/7

Visual analogue rating format: 10-point scale

Castle (2007a) [110] /USA

3

Estabrooks et al. (2002) [111]/Canada

Practice Environment Index – Single factor model

Nurses’ practice environment

Registered nurses

Hospital

26/1

4-point scale

 

3

Cummings et al. (2006) [17]/Canada

Fairbrother et al. (2009) [41]/Australia

Nursing Workplace Satisfaction Questionnaire – NWSQ

Job satisfaction

Nurses

Hospital

14/3

Agreement- based scale

 

3

Kvist et al. (2012) [112]/Finland

Kuopio University Hospital Job Satisfaction Scale – KUHJSS

Job satisfaction

Nursing staff

Hospital

37/7

5-point scale

 

3

Lacey et al. (2011) [113]/USA

Organizational job satisfaction – OJS

Organizational job satisfaction

Nurses

Hospital

17/NI

4-point scale

 

3

LaMarche & Tullai-McGuinness (2009) [47] /USA

Misener nurse practitioner job satisfaction survey – MNPJSS

Nurse practitioner job satisfaction

Nurse practitioners

Primary healthcare

44/6

6-point scale

 

3

Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire – MSQ-SF

20/2

5-point scale

Parmelee et al. (2009) [44]/USA

Nursing Assistants Barriers Scale – NABS

Perceived barriers to job performance

Nursing assistants

Nursing homes

30/6

NI

 

3

Santavirta (2003) [114]/Finland

Job content questionnaire – JCQ + parts from QPS-Nordic (Generic)

General questionnaire measuring working conditions

Teachers & nurses

Hospital

All studies used different parts/items

4- or 5-point scale

 

3

Larsson et al. (2013) [67]/Sweden

Home care aides, nursing assistants

Home care

Zhang et al. (2014) [68]/USA

All employees

Nursing homes

Tervo-Heikkinen et al. (2014) [115]/Finland

The RN Working Conditions Barometry Index form – RN-WCBI (based on NWI-R and QPS-Nordic)

Nurses’ work environment

Nurses

Sample – all settings

38 questions /207 statements

NI

 

3

  1. aFound through reading of reference lists
  2. NI No Information found in literature
  3. R Review