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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Patients and relatives as auditors of safe practices in oncology and hematology day hospitals

Socio-demographic variables

Total sample

  

N = 136 (%)

Age

 

Range 20–87 years

  

(Mean 57.3, SD 13.8)

Gender

 

Male

64 (47.1)

 

Female

72 (52.9)

Educationa

 

Basic level

65 (47.8)

 

Medium level

32 (23.5)

 

High level

36 (26.5)

 

Missing

3 (2.2)

Type of participant

 

Patients

90 (66%)

 

Relatives

46 (34%)

Type of treatment

 

Chemotherapy

101 (74.3)

 

Transfusion

35 (25.7)

Healthcare professional

 

Yes

14 (10.29)

 

No

103 (81.74)

 

Missing

19 (13.28)

Number of day hospital visits during the last 12 months

 

Median 6

  

(Interquartile range: 3–14.5)

Number of hospital stays during the 12 months

 

Median 1

  

(Interquartile range 0–2)

Adverse events

Yes

30 (22.1)

 

No

106 (77.9)

General perception of hospital safety

Not safe enough

3 (2.1)

 

Quite safe

72 (53.3)

 

Absolutely safe

60 (44.4)

  1. aEducation level: basic level means no formal education or primary education, medium level means high school or vocational education and training diploma, and high-level means university degree and above