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Table 6 Healthcare professional perceptions of teamwork and patient safety culture from baseline to 6 and 12 months of intervention

From: A human factors intervention in a hospital - evaluating the outcome of a TeamSTEPPS program in a surgical ward

 

n = 28

n = 25

baseline

mean

6 months

mean

change from baseline to 6 months

baseline

mean

12 months

mean

change from baseline to 12 months

t1

p1

t1

p1

T-TPQ2 dimensions

 Team Function

3.93 (.40)

3.96 (.44)

.48

.638

3.95 (.43)

4.08 (.44)

1.71

.100

 Leadership

4.24 (.40)

4.21 (.49)

−.39

.700

4.16 (.39)

4.15 (.63)

−.09

.926

 Situation Monitoring

3.79 (.47)

3.98 (.56)

1.74

.094

3.70 (.43)

4.06 (.54)

4.70

.001

 Mutual Support

3.85 (.44)

3.93 (.51)

.89

.382

3.83 (.44)

4.03 (.50)

1.04

.027

 Communication

3.84 (.40)

3.94 (.50)

3.34

.345

3.81 (.39)

4.02 (.53)

2.66

.015

CSACD-T3

 Team Decision Making

4.73 (.89)

5.02 (1.09)

1.29

.207

4.69 (.92)

4.95(1.03)

1.32

.200

HSOPS4 dimensions

 Teamwork Within Unit

3.87 (.54)

4.08 (.52)

1.80

.084

3.78 (.52)

4.05 (.51)

2.39

.025

 Manager Expect. & Actions Promoting Pat. Safety

4.18 (.60)

4.29 (.50)

.91

.370

4.11 (.56)

4.39 (.52)

2.72

.012

 Organizational Learning – Cont. Improvement

3.82 (.51)

4.05 (.61)

1.8

.001

3.76 (.51)

3.97 (.65)

1.78

.087

 Feedback & Communication About Error

3.71 (.62)

3.85 (.70)

.04

.965

3.65 (.58)

3.90 (.60)

1.84

.078

 Communication Openness

3.83 (.49)

4.07 (.60)

2.37

.025

3.77 (.59)

3.97 (.49)

2.58

.017

 Staffing

3.52 (.46)

3.39 (.52)

−1.08

.292

3.81 (.49)

4.07 (.53)

.06

.955

 Nonpunitive Response to Errors

2.90 (.69)

3.14 (.83)

1.38

.178

2.86 (.66)

3.01 (.84)

.97

.342

 Frequency of Events Reported5

2.88 (.70)

3.13 (.84)

1.98

.059

3.49 (.45)

3.50 (.66)

1.09

.287

 Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety5

4.12 (.51)

4.28 (.50)

.90

.375

4.13 (.49)

4.27 (.62)

1.94

.065

HSOPS4 single items

  

z-score6

p6

  

z-score6

p6

Number of Events Reported5

2.11 (.83)

2.00 (.80)

−.63

.527

2.24 (.78)

2.15 (.72)

−.78

.439

Patient Safety Grade5

3.67 (.56)

3.79 (.59)

−.82

.414

3.67 (.57)

3.92 (.56)

−.1.9

.059

  1. 1Paired t-test
  2. 2T-TPQ = TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire (scale 1–5)
  3. 3CSACD-T = Collaboration and Satisfaction About Care Decisions in Teams Questionnaire (scale 1–7)
  4. 4HSOPS = Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire (scale 1–5)
  5. 5Patient Safety outcome measures
  6. 6Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test