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Table 4 Safety survey responses in relation to the arrival stage of the transition

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

Arrival

Safety rating

Differences in Characteristics

 

N (% of all 366 respondents)

Safe (%)

Neutral (%)

Unsafe (%)

Arrival destinationa

Ageb

Genderb

Communication

235 (64.2)

219 (93.2)

11 (4.7)

5 (2.1)

p = 0.980

p = 0.840

p = 0.122

Responsiveness

237 (64.8)

210 (88.6)

23 (9.7)

4 (1.7)

p = 0.315

p = 0.691

p = 0.207

Delays

223 (60.9)

Cycle 1: 118 (79.7)

Cycle 2: 34 (45.3)

Cycle 1: 21 (14.2)

Cycle 2: 23 (30.7)

Cycle 1: 9 (6.1)

Cycle 2: 18 (24.0)

p < 0.001

Safec

Home, 58.8%

Hospital, 68.8%

p = 0.084

p = 0.039 (male more likely to report safe)

Falls

241 (65.8)

204 (84.6)

32 (13.3)

5 (2.1)

p = 0.052

p = 0.069

p = 0.001 (male more likely to report safe)

Medication

239 (65.3)

213 (89.1)

21 (8.8)

5 (2.1)

p = 0.433

p = 0.404

p = 0.400

Hygiene

241 (65.8)

219 (90.9)

17 (7.1)

5 (2.1)

p = 0.779

p = 0.927

p = 0.351

  1. a Mann-Whitney U test comparing the two categories with > 10 responses: home, hospital
  2. b Spearman’s rho correlation
  3. c Cycle 1 only as too few respondents (n = 2) reported going to hospital in cycle 2