Table 2 Patient safety grade, incident report and other work data between hospitals and units
From: Nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture: a mixed-methods study
Hospital 1 (n = 63) | Hospital 2 (n = 46) | p | Internal Medicine (n = 26) | General Surgery (n = 34) | Emergency (n = 49) | p | Total (n = 109) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient safety grade | .325 | .010 | ||||||
Excellent/good | 10 (16.1%) | 12 (26.1%) | 9 (34.6%) | 4 (12.1%) | 9 (18.4%) | 22 (20.4%) | ||
Acceptable | 39 (62.9%) | 28 (60.9%) | 14 (53.8%) | 27 (81.8%) | 26 (53.1%) | 67 (62.0%) | ||
Poor | 13 (21.0%) | 6 (13.0%) | 3 (11.5%) | 2 (6.1%) | 14 (28.6%) | 19 (17.6%) | ||
Number of incidents reported | .118† | .049† | ||||||
None | 50 (79.4%) | 29 (63.0%) | 14 (53.8%) | 26 (76.5%) | 39 (79.6%) | 79 (72.5%) | ||
1 to 2 incidents | 12 (19.0%) | 12 (26.1%) | 6 (23.1%) | 8 (23.5%) | 10 (20.4%) | 24 (22.0%) | ||
3 to 5 incidents | 1 (1.6%) | 4 (8.7%) | 5 (19.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (4.6%) | ||
6 to 10 incidents | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.2%) | 1 (3.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.9%) | ||
Working hours per week | .039 | .013 | ||||||
More than 40 h | 11 (17.5%) | 16 (34.8%) | 12 (46.2%) | 5 (14.7%) | 10 (20.4%) | 27 (24.8%) | ||
Career in the hospital | .938 | .185 | ||||||
1 to 5 years | 12 (19.1%) | 6 (13.0%) | 3 (11.5%) | 7 (20.6%) | 8 (16.3%) | 18 (16.5%) | ||
6 to 10 years | 9 (14.3%) | 7 (15.2%) | 6 (23.1%) | 6 (17.6%) | 4 (8.2%) | 16 (14.7%) | ||
11 to 15 years | 19 (30.2%) | 14 (30.4%) | 8 (30.8%) | 9 (26.5%) | 16 (32.7%) | 33 (30.3%) | ||
16 to 20 years | 8 (12.7%) | 6 (13.0%) | 1 (3.8%) | 2 (5.9%) | 11 (22.4%) | 14 (12.8%) | ||
More than 21 years | 15 (23.8%) | 13 (28.3%) | 8 (30.8%) | 10 (29.4%) | 10 (20.4%) | 28 (25.7%) |