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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the study sample

From: Assessing the safety attitudes questionnaire (SAQ), German language version in Swiss university hospitals - a validation study

 

Total sample

Inselspital Bern, University Hospital

University Hospital Basel

  

Cardiovascular surgery

Orthopedic surgery

Internal medicine

Nurses

N = 273

n = 69

n = 69

n = 135

Female (%)

86.7

92.3

91.2

90.5

Age (years), Median (IQR)

35 (20)

36 (22)

33 (15)

39 (20)

Number of years working

    

  In the unit, Median (IQR)

5 (11)

6 (7)

6.5 (6)

11 (14)

  As nurse, Median (IQR)

9 (17)

10 (13)

8 (11)

14 (18)

Physicians

N = 46

n = 10

n = 17

n = 19

Female (%)

28.3

20

11.7

39.5

Age (years), Median (IQR)

34 (4)

32 (7)

35 (7)

33 (4)

Number of years working

    

  In the unit, Median (IQR)

1 (1.5)

1.6 (1.5)

2.5 (3)

1 (.75)

  As physican, Median (IQR)

5.5 (4)

7.7 (9)

7.5 (5)

4.5 (4)

  1. IQR = Interquartile range.