Table 1 Work related background factors (n = 1082)
From: Health care professionals’ attitudes regarding patient safety: cross-sectional survey
Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | |
|---|---|---|
Years of experience in primary speciality | 21.61 (12.04) | 22.00 (17) |
Years of work experience in general | 23.88 (11.52) | 25.00 (15) |
Years worked in this unit | 14.32 (11.80) | 12.00 (15) |
Working hours per week in this unit | 39.86 (8.23) | 38.00 (2) |
Hours per week in extra job | 18.61 (14.63) | 16.50 (16) |
Number of beds per unit | 30.72 (17.27) | 30.00 (20) |
Total number of staff working in unit | 24.09 (10.33) | 23.00 (10) |
Number of patients health care professionals usually have per working shift | 18.00 (12.03) | 15.00 (12) |
Health care professionals working in unit | ||
Day shift | ||
Physicians | 4.28 (3.15) | 3.00 (4) |
Nurses | 4.72 (4.82) | 3.00 (3) |
Nurse assistants | 2.48 (2.14) | 2.00 (2) |
Evening shift | ||
Physicians | 1.69 (1.47) | 1.00 (1) |
Nurses | 2.34 (1.81) | 2.00 (1) |
Nurse assistants | 1.62 (1.08) | 1.00 (1) |
Night shift | ||
Physicians | 1.19 (.82) | 1.00 (0) |
Nurses | 1.90 (1.15) | 2.00 (1) |
Nurse assistants | 1.28 (.67) | 1.00 (0) |
Usual shift | N (%) | |
Day | 398 (36.8) | |
Evening | 2 (.2) | |
Night | 7 (.7) | |
Variable shifts | 659 (60.9) | |
Other | 14 (1.3) | |
Extra job | ||
Yes | 140 (12.9) | |
No | 939 (86.8) | |
Information about patient safety during initial education | ||
Yes | 408 (37.7) | |
No | 673 (62.2) | |
If yes, hours [mean (SD), median (IQR)] | 37.14 (58.49) | 20.00 (30) |
Information about patient safety in continuing education | ||
Yes | 589 (54.4) | |
No | 492 (45.5) | |
If yes, hours [mean (SD), median (IQR)] | 24.22 (32.02) | 14.00 (30) |