Validation of the attitudes to patient safety questionnaire for nursing students in the Spanish context

BMC Nursing

Table 2 Exploratory factor analysis and internal consistency results

Dimensions and items^a	1	2	3	4	5	6	λ^b	Α^c
Responsibility							15.29	.914
Item 1	.918	− .016	.063	.066	.002	.018		.827
Item 2	.948	− .015	.011	.060	.016	− .005		.818
Item 3	.949	.041	.008	.000	− .023	− .016		.814
Item 4	.935	− .028	− .029	.028	.075	− .012		.820
Item 5	.399	.190	.386	− .252	.054	− .142		.896
Organization and communication							14.42	.744
Item 6	.079	.775	.064	.072	− .013	− .112		.651
Item 7	− .026	.823	.140	.022	.054	− .050		.630
Item 8	− .193	.545	.220	.066	.004	.321		.705
Item 9	− .105	.552	.256	.119	.035	.291		.687
Item 10	.087	.471	.357	− .126	− .020	− .240		.699
Working as a team							7.13	.723
Item 11	− .010	.020	.769	.057	.085	− .056		.638
Item 12	.037	.280	.730	.026	.106	− .013		.579
Item 13	− .063	.146	.660	.106	.055	− .202		.621
Training							6.35	.535
Item 14	− .054	.109	.385	.463	− .068	.158		.356
Item 15	− .095	.294	− .227	.362	.118	.028		.473
Item 16	.065	.243	.395	.454	.065	.077		.338
Item 17	− .025	.115	.112	.709	.089	− .122		.358
Notification							5.78	.782
Item 18	.033	− .010	.069	.112	.860	− .037		.380
Item 19	.124	− .091	.074	.049	.818	.004		.529
Consciousness							4.83	.566
Item 20	.292	.077	− .027	− .505	− .023	.405		.506
Item 21	.087	− .098	.031	− .032	− .126	.754		.360
Item 22	.063	.186	− .257	.014	.161	.584		.513

^a: The statements of the dimensions and items are not included due to lack of space. They can be consulted in Table 3.
^b: Percentage of variance explained by each dimension.
^c: Cronbach’s alpha for each dimension and alpha if each item is eliminated

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