Table 1

SAQ administration response rates and floor and ceiling effects








percent floor/percent ceiling

SAQ Version-Country
# sites
n returned
n administered
response rate
teamwork climate
safety climate
perceptions of management
job satisfaction
working conditions
stress recognition

ICU-UK
106
4856
7390
65.7%
.08/6.41
.02/1.77
1.15/.27
.37/2.10
.31/1.55
.58/3.53
ICU-NZ
20
761
1054
72.2%
.26/2.50
.00/1.32
1.19/.13
.92/1.18
.26/.66
.13/8.54
ICU USA
53
3029
4415
68.6%
.10/3.11
.00/2.28
1.06/1.72
.13/5.09
.40/2.88
.73/6.48
Inpatient-USA
11
1531
2330
65.7%
.13/4.02
.07/4.52
1.32/3.43
.39/7.72
.86/3.29
.86/7.83
OR-UK/NZ
2
385
575
67.0%
.00/1.04
.00/.52
2.86/.00
1.04/1.04
1.30/.78
.26/14.58
Ambulatory Clinic-USA
11
281
420
67.0%
.00/14.23
.00/4.98
.71/2.85
.00/12.10
2.50/6.79
6.43/5.36
OVERALL
203
10843
16184
67.0%
.10/4.90
.00/2.30
1.20/1.20
.40/3.90
.50/2.20
.80/5.80

This chart details the number of clinical areas within an SAQ administration, the number of respondents, and the response rate. Note: percentage floor/percentage ceiling = the percent of scores at the extremes of the scaling range

Sexton et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:44   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-44