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Table 1 The demographic and professional characteristics of the participants

From: Validity and reliability of Turkish version of "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture" and perception of patient safety in public hospitals in Turkey

 

Doctors

(n = 102)

R. Nurses

(n = 135)

Temp. Nurses

(n = 72)

Demographic features

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

      

Male

71

69,6

2

1,5

28

38,9

Female

31

30,4

133

98,5

44

61,1

Marital status

      

Unmarried

27

25,7

38

28,1

36

50,0

Married

73

72,3

94

69,6

34

47,2

Widowed/divorced

2

2,0

3

2,2

2

2,8

Type of hospital

      

General public

25

24,5

55

40,7

13

18,1

Teaching

17

16,7

38

28,1

29

40,3

University

60

58,8

42

31,1

30

41,7

Working Unit

      

Medicine

48

47,1

66

48,9

30

41,7

Surgery

25

24,5

38

28,1

21

29,2

Emergency/ICU/OR*

29

28,4

31

23,0

21

29,2

Experience in profession

      

Less than 5 year

29

28,4

32

24,4

39

54,9

5 to 9 years

27

26,5

33

25,2

10

14,1

10 to 14 years

15

14,7

34

26,0

12

116,9

15 years or more

31

30,4

32

24,4

10

14,1

Experience in current hospital work area/unit

      

Less than 1 year

19

18,6

23

17,2

28

38,9

1 to 4 years

42

41,2

45

33,6

29

40,3

5 to 9 years

22

21,6

21

15,7

6

8,3

10 years or more

19

18,6

45

33,6

9

12,5

  1. *ICU: Intensive Care Unit, OR: Operating Room