Table 1 Description of survey respondents and clinical sample
From: Safety climate, safety climate strength, and length of stay in the NICU
|  | N (%) or mean (±SD) |
|---|---|
NICUs, N | 44 |
 Level of care | |
  Intermediate | 6 (14) |
  Community | 27 (61) |
  Regional | 11 (25) |
 Survey response rate | 70% (±20) |
 Safety Climate PPR | 66% (±12) |
 Safety Climate strength | 17 (±3.1) |
Respondents, N | 2073 |
 Females | 1697 (85) |
 Typical shift | |
  Days | 894 (48) |
  Nights/Evenings | 681 (36) |
  Variable | 293 (16) |
 Position | |
  Physician | 235 (12) |
  Neonatal nurse practitioner | 35 (1.7) |
  Registered nurse | 1464 (72) |
  Respiratory therapist | 286 (14) |
  Other | 21 (1.0) |
 Years in specialty | |
   < 1 | 47 (2.4) |
  1–4 | 266 (13) |
  5–10 | 476 (24) |
  11–20 | 538 (27) |
   > = 21 | 643 (33) |
VLBW infants, N | 7338 |
 Gestational age, weeks | 28.2 (±2.9) |
 Birthweight, grams | 1061 (±285) |
 Small for gestational age | 1392 (19) |
 Male sex | 3701 (50) |
 5-min APGAR score |  |
   < 4 | 449 (6.1) |
  4–6 | 1298 (18) |
   > 6 | 5591 (76) |
 Inborn | 5686 (77) |
 Length of stay (all infants), days | 66 (±40) |
 Length of stay (survivors), days | 68 (±37) |
 PMA-DC (all infants), weeks | 38 (±5.0) |
 PMA-DC (survivors), weeks | 39 (±3.8) |
 Mortality | 653 (8.9) |
 Chronic lung disease | 1415 (25) |
 Health care-associated infection | 640 (8.7) |