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Table 5 Comparison between socio-demographic groups in regards to three outcomes

From: Baseline assessment of staff perception of critical value practices in government hospitals in Kuwait

 

Correct answers of upper and lower limits and units of critical values

There is a delay in reporting critical laboratory values

Satisfied with the way a staff would report critical laboratory values

 

Median

(IQR)

p

Yes

No

I don’t know

p

Yes

No

I don’t know

p

Hospital

  

 < .001

   

.112

   

.002

 A

0.0

(0)

 

4

49

4

 

42

8

7

 

 B

2.0

(12)

 

22

57

6

 

75

4

8

 

 C

0.0

(3)

 

31

106

12

 

132

16

4

 

 D

0.0

(1)

 

12

76

7

 

81

9

6

 

 E

3.0

(12.75)

 

29

103

6

 

129

8

1

 

Unit

  

 < .001

   

.090

   

 < .001

 Microbiology

0.0

(0)

 

22

77

9

 

96

9

5

 

 Hematology

3.0

(4)

 

38

124

6

 

155

11

3

 

 Biochemistry

7.0

(18)

 

19

91

8

 

107

9

3

 

 Histopathology

0.0

(0)

 

10

29

7

 

29

8

10

 

 Immunology

0.0

(0)

 

1

22

2

 

18

4

3

 

 Virology

0.0

(0)

 

6

31

0

 

33

3

1

 

 Molecular genetics

0.0

(0)

 

0

5

0

 

5

0

0

 

 Reception

0.0

(0)

 

1

5

1

 

6

0

1

 

Gender

  

.094

   

0.015

   

.462

 Male

0.0

(3)

 

27

162

9

 

177

16

7

 

 Female

0.0

(5)

 

70

229

26

 

281

29

19

 

Age

  

.006

   

.085

   

.123

 Below 30 years

0.0

(3)

 

41

113

12

 

151

9

8

 

 30–45 years

0.0

(3)

 

43

209

21

 

227

31

17

 

 46–55 years

1.0

(4)

 

10

36

2

 

44

4

1

 

 Over 55 years

3.0

(6)

 

4

32

0

 

36

1

0

 

Nationality

  

 < .001

   

 < .001

   

 < .001

 Kuwaiti

0.0

(5)

 

43

121

23

 

142

30

17

 

 Non-Kuwaiti

0.0

(2)

 

55

269

11

 

315

15

9

 

Profession

  

 < .001

   

.030

   

 < .001

Doctor

0.0

(1)

.099

6

46

8

.002

40

12

8

.730

  Assistant register

0.0

(0)

 

2

2

3

 

3

2

2

 

  Register

0.0

(1)

 

0

21

3

 

17

4

3

 

  Senior register

0.0

(4)

 

1

12

2

 

11

3

1

 

  Specialist

0.0

(2)

 

0

7

0

 

3

2

2

 

  Senior specialist

0.0

(0)

 

0

3

0

 

3

0

0

 

  Consultant

2.0

(7)

 

3

1

0

 

3

1

0

 

Technician

0.0

(4)

.278

92

343

27

.475

417

33

18

.039

  Assistant practitioner

0.0

(11.25)

 

2

24

2

 

27

0

1

 

  Practitioner

0.0

(2)

 

4

27

3

 

29

3

2

 

  Senior practitioner

0.0

(3)

 

4

13

2

 

14

4

2

 

  Assistant technician

0.0

(3.75)

 

9

12

1

 

19

3

0

 

  Technician

0.0

(4)

 

50

180

13

 

228

12

7

 

  Senior technician

3.0

(7)

 

8

27

2

 

30

6

1

 

  Specialist

0.0

(3)

 

7

26

1

 

31

2

2

 

  Senior specialist

0.5

(3)

 

7

34

3

 

38

3

3

 

Position

  

.116

   

.049

   

 < .001

 Head of department

0.0

(6)

 

1

4

0

 

3

2

0

 

 Head of unit

0.0

(2)

 

2

6

0

 

6

1

1

 

 Laboratory doctor

0.0

(1)

 

3

37

8

 

32

9

7

 

 Head of laboratory technicians

0.0

(2)

 

5

9

1

 

10

3

2

 

 Technician

0.0

(4)

 

86

320

26

 

395

26

16

 

There is a delay in reporting critical laboratory values

  

.049

       

 < .001

 Yes

0.0

(4)

     

75

17

6

 

 No

0.0

(4)

     

362

21

8

 

 I don’t know

0.0

(4)

     

17

6

12

 

Satisfied with the way a staff would report critical laboratory values

  

.001

        

 Yes

0.0

(4)

         

 No

0.0

(2)

         

 I don’t know

0.0

(0)

         
  1. IQR Interquartile range, p: p-value (statistically significant if p ≤ .05, highly significant if p ≤ .001)