Table 2 Safety culture aspects and communication scales by professions and study periods/ training participation
Profession | Nurses | Physicians | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study periods t0 (2016)/ t1(2017) | t0 (2016) Mean (SD) | t1(2017) Mean (SD) | Δ | t0 (2016) Mean (SD) | t1(2017) Mean (SD) | Δ |
Safety Culture Aspects | ||||||
Supervisor Expectations | 3.42 (0.72) | 3.38 (0.71) | −0.04 | 3.58 (0.72) | 3.47 (0.78) | −0.11 |
Teamwork Within Units | 3.42 (0.60) | 3.36 (0.61) | −0.06 | 3.64 (0.69) | 3.54 (0.78) | −0.10 |
Psychological Safety | 3.61 (0.66) | 3.69 (0.61) | 0.08 | 3.68 (0.67) | 3.67 (0.66) | −0.01 |
Communication Practices | ||||||
2-Way-Communication | 3.69 (0.94) | 3.65 (0.91) | −0.04 | 3.19 (0.96) | 3.52 (0.84) | 0.33** |
Briefing | 3.15 (0.86) | 3.27 (0.79) | 0.12 | 3.46 (0.87) | 3.74 (0.79) | 0.28* |
Feedback | 2.92 (0.81) | 2.86 (0.83) | −0.06 | 3.07 (0.79) | 3.22 (0.79) | 0.15 |
Training participants/ non-participants (at t1) | non-participants Mean (SD) | participants Mean (SD) | Δ | non-participants Mean (SD) | participants Mean (SD) | Δ |
Safety Culture Aspects | ||||||
Supervisor Expectations | 3.36 (0.72) | 3.44 (0.71) | 0.08 | 3.34 (0.81) | 3.70 (0.70) | 0.36 |
Teamwork Within Units | 3.33 (0.62) | 3.43 (0.61) | 0.10 | 3.42 (0.84) | 3.72 (0.62) | 0.30 |
Psychological Safety | 3.64 (0.63) | 3.80 (0.55) | 0.16 | 3.52 (0.72) | 3.91 (0.46) | 0.39** |
Communication Practices | ||||||
2-Way-Communication | 3.70 (0.92) | 3.54 (0.90) | −0.16 | 3.44 (0.90) | 3.64 (0.72) | 0.20 |
Briefing | 3.26 (0.79) | 3.30 (0.81) | 0.04 | 3.54 (0.83) | 4.07 (0.58) | 0.53** |
Feedback | 2.83 (0.85) | 2.92 (0.78) | 0.09 | 3.09 (0.84) | 3.46 (0.65) | 0.37* |