Table 5 Predictors of patient safety culture composite scores
R2 | Teamwork | Work Pressure and Pace | Staff Training | Office Processes & Standardisation | 1Communication Openness | Patient Care Tracking/Follow-up | Communication about Error | Leadership Support for Patient Safety | Organisational Learning | Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety and Quality | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 | |||||||||||
| Â | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) | Beta | (SE) |
Constant | 3.90 | (0.01) | 3.33 | (0.15) | 3.59 | (0.03) | 3.58 | (0.03) | 3.47 | (0.03) | 3.52 | (0.03) | 3.65 | (0.01) | 3.34 | (0.01) | 3.66 | (0.04) | 3.45 | (0.03) |
Location | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Urban |  |  | −0.82** | (0.15) |  |  | −0.07* | (0.02) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Suburban |  |  | −0.59** | (0.15) |  |  |  |  | 0.06* | (0.03) | 0.07** | (0.02) |  |  |  |  | 0.04** | (0.02) |  |  |
 Rural |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |
Language | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Arabic | −0.09** | (0.01) |  |  | −0.07* | (0.03) | −0.16** | (0.03) | −0.15** | (0.02) | −0.01 | (0.03) | −0.38** | (0.02) |  |  | −0.05 | (0.03) | −0.09* | (0.03) |
 English | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Work experience | ||||||||||||||||||||
 1 to < 3  yrs | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |
 3 to < 6 yrs | − 0.03* | (0.01) | −0.11** | (0.03) |  |  | −0.06* | (0.02) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | −0.06* | (0.03) |
 6 to < 11 yrs |  |  | −0.15** | (0.03) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.06* | (0.02) |  |  |
  ≥ 11 yrs |  |  | −0.18** | (0.03) | 0.05* | (0.02) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.07** | (0.02) |  |  |
Working hours | ||||||||||||||||||||
 1–4 h/w | −0.20** | (0.03) | 0.14* | (0.07) | −0.28** | (0.06) | − 0.19* | (0.06) | − 0.38** | (0.07) | −0.21** | (0.05) | −0.18** | (0.05) |  |  | −0.24** | (0.05) | −0.51** | (0.07) |
 5–16 h/w | − 0.09** | (0.02) |  |  | −0.17** | (0.03) | −0.09* | (0.04) | −0.16** | (0.04) |  |  | −0.12** | (0.03) | −0.19** | (0.05) | −0.07* | (0.03) | −0.31** | (0.05) |
 17–24 h/w | − 0.14** | (0.03) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | −0.13* | (0.04) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 25–32 h/w |  |  | 0.05 | (0.03) | −0.06* | (0.03) |  |  | 0.09* | (0.04) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 33–40 h/w |  |  | 0.08** | (0.02) |  |  | 0.05* | (0.02) | 0.09** | (0.02) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.09** | (0.03) |
 41 h/w | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Nationality | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kuwaiti | 0 | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â | Â | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â |
 Arabian | 0.03* | (0.01) | −0.09** | (0.02) | 0.12** | (0.02) |  |  | 0.10** | (0.03) | 0.05* | (0.02) |  |  | 0.14** | (0.03) | 0.06* | (0.02) | 0.13** | (0.03) |
 Asian |  |  |  |  | 0.09* | (0.03) | 0.19** | (0.04) |  |  | 0.12** | (0.03) |  |  |  |  | 0.09* | (0.03) |  |  |