Results of tests comparing the demographics of those who attended Safety Improvement Program courses and later participated, or did not participate, in root cause analyses
| Demographic | Statistics | Details of combined groups* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| χ2 | df | p Value | |||
| AHS, area health service. | |||||
| *As the participant and non-participant groups did not vary significantly on any demographic group, scores were combined. | |||||
| †Non-clinical managers were not included in this analysis. | |||||
| Profession | 0.22 | 3 | 0.97 | Medicine, 12.1%; nursing 46.8%; allied health, 12.5%; non-clinical management, 28.6% | |
| Sex | 0.45 | 1 | 0.53 | 27.2% men, 72.8% women | |
| Workplace type | 2.07 | 3 | 0.56 | Tertiary hospitals, 30.3%; other hospitals, 20.3%; other healthcare facilities, 32.0%; AHSs, 17.3% | |
| Geographical location | 3.06 | 1 | 0.08 | Capital city, 40.0%; regional/rural, 60.0% | |
| t | df | p Value | |||
| Years of professional experience | 0.45 | 244 | 0.65 | Mean 21.5 years, SD 8.5 years | |
| Estimated % of work is clinical† | 1.69 | 173 | 0.92 | Mean 26.3%, SD 30.4% | |