Dimensions analysis of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire in Iran: Psychometric properties.

Provide a model for assessing patient safety culture with relative stability with respect to the native culture of the region. Good content and construct validity. Differences in the distribution of items in dimensions. Formation of new dimensions. Performing a psychometric analysis of the instrument using EFA, CFA and SEM to examine the disagreement on the validity, reliability and dimensions of patient safety culture in previous studies in Iran. Numerous discrepancies in item wording comply with the approach advocated by the translation guideline for AHRQ survey on patient safety.