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Table 5 Patient safety factor scores by characteristics among employees in five nursing homes, Norway, 2016

From: Patient safety culture in Norwegian nursing homes

  

Teamwork climate

  

Safety climate

  

Job satisfaction

  

Working conditions

  

Stress recognition

 
 

n

mean (SD)

p

n

mean (SD)

p

n

mean (SD)

p

n

mean (SD)

p

n

mean (SD)

p

Total

254

72.5 (19.4)

 

221

70.8 (18.0)

 

257

81.3 (17.9)

 

217

69.9 (17.9)

 

239

73.9 (19.8)

 

Professiona

  

0.39

  

0.37

  

0.16

  

0.80

  

0.63

 Reg. nurse

73

75.0 (17.8)

 

70

70.6 (17.9)

 

70

80.4 (18.4)

 

67

72.7 (14.7)

 

69

78.0 (18.0)

 

 Nursing assist.

116

75.5 (18.4)

 

103

73.1 (17.0)

 

113

83.0 (15.0)

 

100

69.5 (18.5)

 

115

73.7 (21.2)

 

 Health worker

35

66.4 (16.9)

 

26

69.1 (18.2)

 

38

80.3 (17.2)

 

28

65.2 (21.7)

 

34

68.8 (16.2)

 

Age

  

0.03

  

0.02

  

0.00

  

0.00

  

0.07

  ≤ 30 years

43

65.4 (21.6)

 

34

64.8 (18.0)

 

44

74.6 (20.3)

 

36

60.6 (16.9)

 

38

70.5 (18.6)

 

 31–40 years

41

73.8 (15.8)

 

36

69.5 (15.3)

 

41

78.8 (19.0)

 

34

68.1 (16.4)

 

38

69.7 (23.2)

 

 41–50 years

56

73.1 (18.2)

 

52

69.1 (19.0)

 

58

81.4 (17.1)

 

51

70.5 (17.3)

 

55

75.8 (20.4)

 

 51–60 years

70

75.9 (17.7)

 

61

74.1 (17.6)

 

70

85.6 (13.4)

 

61

73.9 (18.9)

 

67

75.7 (19.0)

 

  ≥ 61 years

28

78.1 (18.8)

 

23

78.4 (14.6)

 

26

89.6 (13.1)

 

20

76.5 (13.4)

 

25

77.6 (15.7)

 

Position job

  

0.00

  

0.01

  

0.02

  

0.00

  

0.08

 21–40%

26

68.3 (17.4)

 

19

65.6 (22.4)

 

26

79.8 (19.6)

 

19

63.4 (22.9)

 

24

67.3 (22.2)

 

 41–60%

38

67.6 (16.2)

 

32

65.6 (15.7)

 

41

77.1 (14.1)

 

34

61.9 (17.4)

 

37

72.6 (18.9)

 

 61–80%

73

73.6 (19.4)

 

64

72.1 (17.7)

 

74

81.8 (17.4)

 

64

72.0 (17.9)

 

69

75.5 (19.7)

 

  ≥ 81%

92

76.5 (19.7)

 

85

73.9 (17.3)

 

93

83.6 (18.6)

 

81

74.0 (14.9)

 

86

76.7 (19.2)

 

Work experience in nursing homeb

  

0.11

  

0.12

  

0.18

  

0.81

  

0.06

  ≤ 2 years

51

71.3 (17.8)

 

41

67.4 (18.0)

 

53

78.7 (19.0)

 

40

68.9 (15.9)

 

46

77.1 (18.4)

 

 3–5 years

55

66.7 (21.0)

 

51

66.3 (19.5)

 

55

76.9 (21.4)

 

49

62.8 (18.2)

 

52

75.0 (20.1)

 

 6–10 years

51

76.1 (17.8)

 

39

75.4 (16.8)

 

51

82.4 (13.7)

 

41

73.1 (16.4)

 

47

71.2 (21.1)

 

 11–20 years

52

76.8 (17.0)

 

44

74.0 (13.8)

 

51

85.6 (15.5)

 

44

74.1 (14.8)

 

47

68.7 (21.0)

 

 21–30 years

25

74.8 (20.6)

 

25

74.4 (20.8)

 

27

84.8 (15.9)

 

24

71.3 (21.7)

 

26

77.3 (16.6)

 

  ≥ 31 years

5

78.8 (24.5)

 

5

73.6 (12.8)

 

4

91.3 (4.8)

 

5

72.0 (28.0)

 

5

81.0 (8.9)

 

Norwegian native speaker

  

0.11

  

0.08

  

0.01

  

0.26

  

0.00

 Yes

200

72.5 (19.3)

 

177

70.6 (17.8)

 

201

80.6 (17.9)

 

173

70.1 (17.2)

 

186

76.6 (17.3)

 

 No

42

76.6 (17.7)

 

35

74.4 (18.3)

 

44

86.1 (15.6)

 

36

70.4 (21.1)

 

41

62.7 (26.6)

 
  1. P-values obtained from multiple linear regression model adjusted for the other four explanatory variables in the model. P-values <0.05 indicating statistical significance in bold
  2. aProfession: not including other professions, such as staff working in the kitchen, laundry, secretary and other services (total n = 20)
  3. bNumber of years of work at the nursing home