Healthcare Professional’s Perception of Patient Safety Measured by the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Characteristics of included studies (n=59).

Continent	Countries	Author, year	Sample size	Proportion of physicians	Proportion of nurses	Quality score
Africa	Egypt	Aboul-Fotouh, 2012	510	50.0	32.4	10
America	Brazil	Silva-Batalha, 2015	301	-	18.9	9
	Colombia	Gómez Ramírez, 2011	201	-	54.7	10
	United States of America	Blegen, 2010	368	40.0	33.0	9
			434	34.0	30.0
		Bump, 2015	955	100.0	-	7
		Campbell, 2010	2,163	19.9	80.1	10
		Dupree, 2011	163	25.0	37.0	10
			234	21.0	48.0
			325	-	-
		Halbesleben, 2008	148	-	100.0	10
		Jones, 2013	2,137	9.4	32.0	10
		Mardon, 2010	179	-	-	10
		Patterson, 2015	247,140	4.7	51.2	10
		Ulrich, 2014	979	-	100.0	10
		Wagner, 2013	196,462	4.0	36.0	8
		Wu, 2013	106,710	-	100.0	9
	Mexico	Castañeda-Hidalgo, 2013	195	-	90.3	10
Asia	Saudi Arabia	Aboshaiqah, 2010	445	-	100.0	10
		Aboshaiqah, 2013	498	-	100.0	10
		Alahmadi, 2010	1,224	8.3	60.0	9
		Al-Ahmadi, 2009	1,224	8.8	63.7	9
		Al-Awa, 2012	605	-	100.0	7
		El-Jardali, 2014	2,572	8.7	50.1	10
	China	Nie, 2013	1,160	25.9	62.2	8
		Shu, 2015	2,230	31.0	69.0	10
		Wang, 2014	463	-	100.0	10
	Iran	Adibi, 2012	90	7.8	71.1	3
		Al-Mandhari, 2014	398	20.9	59.5	10
		Ammouri, 2015	414	-	100.0	10
		Bahrami, 2013	135	-	100.0	9
			135	-	100.0
		Bahrami, 2014	113	-	100.0	10
			189	-	100.0
		Davoodi, 2013	922	10.0	77.0	10
		Moussavi, 2013	175	32.6	41.7	10
		Raeissi, 2015	461	15.2	51.0	10
	Japan	Fujita, 2013	6,963	8.5	58.1	10
		Fujita, 2014	8,700	9.3	46.4	9
		Wu, 2013	4,047	-	100.0	9
	Jordan	Khater, 2015	658	-	100.0	10
		Saleh, 2015	242	-	100.0	10
	Lebanon	El-Jardali, 2010	6,807	3.7	57.8	10
	Palestine	Hamdan, 2013	1,408	20.0	49.2	10
	Taiwan	Chen, 2012	788	29.2	60.7	10
		Chen, 2010	788	29.2	60.7	10
		Fujita, 2013	10,019	9.7	57.0	10
		Wagner, 2013	10,146	10.0	58.0	8
		Wu, 2013	5,714	-	100.0	9
Eurasian	Turkey	Günes, 2015	554	-	100.0	8
		Ugurluoglu, 2012	108	27.8	42.6	9
Europe	Belgium	Vlayen, 2012	55,225	8.8	49.8	10
		Hellings, 2010	3,626	12.2	60.5	10
			3,940	11.7	64.1
		Vlayen, 2015	47,136	9.6	52.5	9
	Croatia	Brborovic, 2014	148	-	100.0	8
		Sklebar, 2013	560	-	-	5
	Scotland	Agnew, 2013	1,866	-	53.0	5
	Western Slovakia	Mikusová, 2012	1,787	13.6	50.5	9
	Spain	Gama, 2013	1,113	24.7	45.0	10
		Saturno, 2008	2,503	-	-	8
		Skodova, 2011	299	-	40.1	10
	Finland	Kuosmanen, 2013	283	6.4	82.2	6
		Turunen, 2013	832	-	100.0	6
	Italy	Bagnasco, 2011	724	35.0	26.0	7
	Norway	Ballangrud, 2012	220	-	100.0	10
		Farup, 2015	185	14.1	61.6	10
	Netherlands	Smits, 2012	542	16.5	74.0	6
		Wagner, 2013	3,779	12.0	53.0	8
	United Kingdom	Lawton, 2015	648	-	100.0	8

Note. Different years: 2006 and 2007, 2005, 2008, and 2011, and 2005 and 2007; same study conducted on different continents; same study performed in different hospitals; same study conducted on different countries.