Patient safety culture in Peking University Cancer Hospital in China: baseline assessment and comparative analysis for quality improvement

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) conducted at the Peking University Cancer Hospital

Characteristics	N	%
Gender
Male	426	27.3
Female	1136	72.7
Job category
Doctor	345	22.1
Nurse	606	38.8
Technician	398	25.5
Administration	213	13.6
Work unit
Administration	223	14.3
Diagnostics	426	27.3
ICU, operating room, anesthesiology	136	8.7
Medical	320	20.5
Surgical	457	29.3
Clinical department or not
Yes	994	63.6
No	568	36.4
Experience in current hospital (years)
Less than 1	94	6.0
1 to 5	507	32.5
6 to 10	361	23.1
11 to 15	248	15.9
16 to 20	153	9.8
21 years or more	199	12.7
Experience in current department (years)
Less than 1	139	8.9
1 to 5	585	37.5
6 to 10	400	25.6
11 to 15	235	15
16 to 20	111	7.1
21 years or more	92	5.9
Experience in current work area (years)
Less than 1	53	3.4
1 to 5	499	31.9
6 to 10	409	26.2
11 to 15	254	16.3
16 to 20	170	10.9
21 years or more	177	11.3
Hours of work per week
< 20 h	8	0.5
20–39 h	202	12.9
40–59 h	1120	71.7
60–79 h	182	11.7
80–99 h	29	1.9
100 h	21	1.3
Job involves direct contact with patients
Yes	1135	72.7
No	427	27.3
Patient safety grade
Excellent	540	34.6
Good	761	48.7
Acceptable	231	14.8
Poor	25	1.6
Failing	5	0.3
Number of adverse events reported
No events	945	60.5
1 to 2 event reports	453	29.0
3 to 5 event reports	104	6.7
6 to 10 event reports	34	2.2
11 to 20 event reports	16	1.0
21 event reports or more	10	0.6

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