Table 3 Professional consequences observed in second victims
From: The aftermath of adverse events in Spanish primary care and hospital health professionals
Primary care (N=458) | Hospital (N=360) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doctors (N=267) | Nurses (N=191) | Doctors (N=182) | Nurses (N=178) | |||||||
N | % | N | % | P= | N | % | N | % | P= | |
Required time off work | 74 | 27.8 | 52 | 27.7 | 1.00 | 25 | 13.7 | 43 | 24.2 | 0.017 |
Requested transfer to a different department/unit or health centre | 41 | 15.4 | 36 | 18.8 | 0.288 | 18 | 9.9 | 45 | 25.1 | 0.001 |
Left the profession | 8 | 3.0 | 5 | 2.6 | 1.00 | 3 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.7 | 1.00 |