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Table 2 Safety survey responses in relation to the departure stage of the transition

From: Implementing a survey for patients to provide safety experience feedback following a care transition: a feasibility study

Departure

Safety rating

Differences in Characteristics

 

N (% of all 366 respondents)

Safe (%)

Neutral (%)

Unsafe (%)

Clinical areaa

Ageb

Genderb

Communication

346 (94.5)

304 (87.9)

32 (9.2)

10 (2.9)

p = 0.808

p = 0.132

p = 0.607

Responsiveness

342 (93.4)

303 (88.6)

31 (9.1)

8 (2.3)

p = 0.075

p = 0.285

p = 0.807

Delaysc

257 (70.2)

Cycle 1: 118 (64.8)

Cycle 2: 34 (45.3)

Cycle 1: 51 (28)

Cycle 2: 23 (30.7)

Cycle 1: 13 (7.1)

Cycle 2: 18 (24.0)

Cycle 1: p = 0.874

Cycle 2: p = 0.151

p = 0.097

p = 0.768

Falls

310 (84.7)

268 (86.5)

37 (11.9)

5 (1.6)

p = 0.874

p = 0.887

p = 0.184

Medication

335 (91.5)

278 (83.0)

36 (10.7)

21 (6.3)

p = 0.107

p = 0.650

p = 0.182

Hygiene

351 (96.0)

319 (90.9)

29 (8.3)

3 (0.9)

p = 0.841

p = 0.559

p = 0.322

  1. a Kruskal-Wallis test comparing the four clinical areas: cardiac, care of older people, orthopaedics, stroke
  2. b Spearman’s rho correlation with safety rating
  3. c Reported per cycle due to changes in the question