Table 2 Comparison of Participant Characteristics across 3 Time points
From: The influence of hospital accreditation: a longitudinal assessment of organisational culture
| Category | T1 | T2 | T3 | Chi-square |
Pairwise Comparison p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 545 (%) | n = 378 (%) | n = 141 (%) | p-value | T1 & T2 | T1 & T3 | T2 & T3 | |
| Gender | 0.09 | 0.42 | 0.03* | 0.12 | |||
| Male | 165 (30.6) | 106 (28.1) | 30 (21.3) | ||||
| Female | 374 (69.4) | 271 (71.9) | 111 (78.7) | ||||
| Age Group | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.04* | 0.36 | |||
| 18–29 | 93 (17.3) | 53 (14.2) | 13 (9.2) | ||||
| 30–39 | 186 (34.6) | 120 (32.1) | 43 (30.5) | ||||
| 40–49 | 180 (33.5) | 132 (35.3) | 59 (41.8) | ||||
| ≥ 50 | 79 (14.7) | 69 (18.4) | 26 (18.4) | ||||
| Profession | 0.00** | 0.26 | 0.00** | 0.00** | |||
| Medical | 125 (22.9) | 71 (18.8) | 14 (9.9) | ||||
| Nursing | 293 (53.8) | 221 (58.5) | 96 (68.1) | ||||
| Allied Health | 127 (23.3) | 86 (22.8) | 31 (22.0) | ||||
| Education | 0.00** | 0.04* | 0.00** | 0.16 | |||
| Vocational | 49 (9.2) | 23 (6.1) | 5 (3.5) | ||||
| Undergrad | 232 (43.4) | 144 (38.5) | 52 (36.9) | ||||
| Postgraduate | 253 (47.4) | 207 (55.3) | 84 (59.6) | ||||
| Years in Practice | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.04* | 0.34 | |||
| ≤ 10 | 176 (32.3) | 103 (27.3) | 30 (21.3) | ||||
| > 10–20 | 211 (38.7) | 146 (38.6) | 62 (44.0) | ||||
| > 20 | 158 (29.0) | 129 (34.1) | 49 (34.8) | ||||