International Use of the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Contents
International Survey Users
Information Sharing and Networking
Translation Guidelines
Information for Translators
International Survey Users
As of June 2016, the number of international users that have administered the hospital survey now includes 66 countries, with 31 different translations. The nursing home survey has been administered in eight countries and translated into six languages. The medical office survey has been administered in 16 countries and translated into six languages. Lastly, the community pharmacy survey has been administered in six countries and translated into three languages.
Table 1. List of 66 International Hospital Surveys on Patient Safety Culture Countries
Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Belgium Brazil Brunei Cameroon Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Denmark Egypt El Salvador Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Hong Kong Iceland |
India Indonesia Iran Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Korea Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Malta Mexico Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Peru Philippines |
Portugal Qatar Republic of Macedonia Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Vietnam |
Table 2. List of 31 Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Translations
Arabic Bahasa Indonesia Catalan Chinese—Mandarin Croatian Danish Dutch Finnish Flemish French |
German Greek Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Macedonian Nepali Norwegian Persian |
Portuguese Serbian Slovene Spanish Swedish Tagalog Telugu Thai Turkish Urdu Vietnamese |
Table 3. List of 9 International Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Countries
Canada Denmark Japan Korea Malta Portugal Singapore Spain Switzerland |
Table 4. List of 6 Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Translations
Danish German Japanese Korean Portuguese Spanish |
Table 5. List of 16 International Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture Countries
Bahrain Brazil Canada Croatia Denmark Ireland |
Japan Kuwait Philippines Portugal Qatar |
Slovenia Spain United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Yemen |
Table 6. List of 6 Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture Translations
Arabic Croatian Danish Japanese Portuguese Spanish |
Table 7. List of 6 International Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture Countries
China Egypt Pakistan Qatar Singapore Sudan |
Table 8. List of 3 Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture Translations
Arabic Chinese—Mandarin Urdu |
Information Sharing and Networking
AHRQ is interested in finding out about international users of the patient safety culture surveys. If you are an international user, please email SafetyCultureSurveys@westat.com to share information about your administration of the surveys, results, and any translations you have made of the surveys. AHRQ's support contractor maintains a list of international users to facilitate international information sharing and networking. AHRQ is also interested in citations and copies of publications from international users.
Translation Guidelines
- Translation Guidelines for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (PDF File, 275 KB)
These guidelines help translators translate one of the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (i.e., the Hospital, Medical Office, Nursing Home, or Community Pharmacy Surveys). The 7-step process uses a team approach based on current best practices for survey translations (e.g., Douglas and Craig, 2007; Forsyth, et al., 2007; Institute of Survey Research, 2008; U.S. Census Bureau, 2009; Weidmer et al., 2006). Following these guidelines will help ensure that the survey's items, instructions, and responses:
- Convey the same meanings as the English version.
- Use language that is familiar to and easily understood by respondents.
- Are culturally appropriate.
- Use correct grammar and syntax.
Information for Translators
Information for translators provides information about the intended meaning of the survey items to help translators develop a translation of the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture that conveys the same meaning as the original U.S. English version.
Page originally created September 2012