Individuals respond to one of the working condition items and three of the perception of management items separately in relation to their unit and in relation to their hospital so there are a total of 34 possible responses.
19 The hypothesized six-factor model comprised teamwork climate (items 1 6), safety climate (items 7 13), job satisfaction (items 15 19), stress recognition (items 20 23), perceptions of unit management (items 24 29), and working conditions (items 30 32).
In view of their contents, the subscales were labelled 'Glucose Management' (items 1, 4, 6, 10, 12), 'Dietary Control' (items 2, 5, 9, 13), 'Physical Activity' (items 8, 11, 15), and 'Health-Care Use' (items 3, 7, 14).
We classified these items into passive and active management items.
However, even if the adaptations in question cannot justify using IPSAS in their entirety, in some cases, because of the specific nature of a given management item or event, it is considered useful to refer back to what is set out in the international accounting principles for the public sector.
A score was calculated for each risk factor by totalling the scores for each assessment or management item and dividing by the number of items.
We defined the management as active if at least one of the checked boxes was an active management item.
To facilitate item management (use of multimedia, item banking, item verification, and item selection) and communication to faculty and students, development of the test was web-based.
Some items of practice management were excluded due to their estimated low correlation with the quality of practice management such as financial accounting.
As for the use of the grid in other countries to evaluate the type of case management, the wording of the items of the grid may need refinement as to be applicable in other countries.
