Background
Methods
Design and setting
The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - NL
Data collection
Statistical analysis
Results
Demographics
Agea | Gender | Position | Department | Tenure at departmenta | Tenure at hospitala | ||||||
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Cat. | Freq. (%) | Cat. | Freq. (%) | Cat. | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | Cat. | Freq (%) | Cat. | Freq. (%) | |
≤20 | 25 (1.9) | Male | 400 (30.4) | Nurseb | 623 (47.4) | Intensive care | 281 (21.4) | <1 | 122 (9.3) | <1 | 86 (6.5) |
21–30 | 210 (16.0) | Female | 813 (61.9) | Resident | 90 (6.8) | Operating room | 648 (49.3) | 1–5 | 382 (29.1) | 1–5 | 304 (23.1) |
31–40 | 322 (24.5) | Att. physician | 239 (18.2) | CCL | 56 (4.3) | 6–10 | 243 (18.5) | 6–10 | 237 (18.0) | ||
41–50 | 365 (27.8) | Other | 214 (16.3) | Medium care | 33 (2.5) | >10 | 476 (36.2) | >10 | 596 (45.4) | ||
>50 | 304 (23.1) | Emergency room | 163 (12.4) | ||||||||
CCU - HFA | 45 (3.4) | ||||||||||
Radiotherapy | 12 (0.9) | ||||||||||
DGH | 40 (3.0) | ||||||||||
Pharmacy | 36 (2.7) | ||||||||||
Missing | 88 (6.7) | 101 (7.7) | 148 (11.3) | 0 | 91 (6.9) | 91 (6.9) |
SAQ-NL factor structure and multi-level modeling
SAQ-NL item characteristics
SAQ-NL mean scores
Teamwork Climate | Safety Climate | Job Satisfaction | Stress Recognition | Perc. of Management | Working Conditions | |
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Position | ||||||
Nurse | 3.49 (0.55)* | 3.37 (0.52)* | 3.50 (0.64)* | 2.97 (0.70) | 2.89 (0.60) | 3.23 (0.61)* |
Resident | 3.79 (0.47)* | 3.50 (0.50)* | 3.77 (0.51)* | 2.92 (0.72) | 3.03 (0.53) | 3.49 (0.53)* |
Attending physician | 3.96 (0.49)* | 3.72 (0.58)* | 3.87 (0.62)* | 3.07 (0.74) | 2.96 (0.62) | 3.49 (0.63)* |
Other | 3.47 (0.64) | 3.52 (0.64) | 3.75 (0.70) | 2.98 (0.82) | 3.01 (0.62) | 3.24 (0.71) |
Physician vs Nurse | ||||||
Physicians | 3.91 (0.49)* | 3.66 (0.57)* | 3.85 (0.59)* | 3.03 (0.73) | 2.98 (0.60)* | 3.49 (0.60)* |
Nurses | 3.49 (0.55)* | 3.37 (0.52)* | 3.50 (0.64)* | 2.97 (0.70) | 2.89 (0.60)* | 3.23 (0.61)* |
Department | ||||||
Intensive care | 3.74 (0.47) | 3.50 (0.44) | 3.72 (0.49) | 2.95 (0.60) | 3.07 (0.51) | 3.36 (0.52) |
Operating room | 3.48 (0.60) | 3.41 (0.61) | 3.48 (0.71) | 3.00 (0.74) | 2.84 (0.62) | 3.28 (0.65) |
CCL | 3.76 (0.53) | 3.71 (0.53) | 4.01 (0.53) | 2.79 (0.72) | 3.39 (0.50) | 3.07 (0.71) |
Medium care | 3.68 (0.37) | 3.55 (0.37) | 3.70 (0.33) | 2.58 (0.48) | 3.14 (0.44) | 3.36 (0.43) |
Emergency room | 3.66 (0.54) | 3.41 (0.52) | 3.81 (0.59) | 3.03 (0.74) | 2.92 (0.61) | 3.32 (0.57) |
CCU - HFA | 3.74 (0.63) | 3.57 (0.74) | 3.87 (0.58) | 3.08 (0.93) | 2.70 (0.64) | 3.44 (0.77) |
Radiotherapy | 3.72 (0.56) | 3.85 (0.48) | 3.97 (0.37) | 3.06 (0.75) | 3.51 (0.39) | 3.25 (0.75) |
DGH | 4.01 (0.52) | 3.77 (0.48) | 4.05 (0.46) | 3.07 (0.74) | 2.86 (0.56) | 3.15 (0.73) |
Pharmacy | 3.34 (0.68) | 3.59 (0.74) | 3.88 (0.68) | 3.16 (0.94) | 2.96 (0.60) | 3.36 (0.97) |
Academic status | ||||||
Academic | 3.65 (0.47)* | 3.50 (0.50) | 3.71 (0.47)* | 2.91 (0.65)* | 3.07 (0.49)* | 3.37 (0.56)* |
Non-academic | 3.57 (0.63)* | 3.45 (0.60) | 3.61 (0.73)* | 3.02 (0.76)* | 2.87 (0.65)* | 3.26 (0.67)* |
Reliability and correlation analysis
Mean (SD) | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |
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1. Teamwork Climate | 3.60 (0.58) |
.76
| |||||
2. Safety Climate | 3.47 (0.57) | .73 |
.77
| ||||
3. Job Satisfaction | 3.65 (0.65) | .56 | .54 |
.84
| |||
4. Stress Recognition | 2.99 (0.73) | -.14 | -.15 | -.15 |
.69
| ||
5. Perc. of Management | 3.01 (0.66) | .33 | .36 | .40 | -.17 |
.65
| |
6. Working Conditions | 3.13 (0.56) | .47 | .48 | .40 | -.18 | .35 |
.57
|