Table 3

Bivariate association between independent variables and the attitude scale and the question about usefulness

Independent variables	Attitude scale		Usefulness for department
Independent variables	Coefficient^*	p Value	Coefficient^*	p Value
Male (vs female)	−0.290	0.027	0.362	0.133
Age	0.007	0.305	0.009	0.507
Up to 10 years work experience (vs 10 or more)	−0.231	0.068	−0.261	0.285
Employees with quality functions (vs employees without quality functions)	−0.023	0.879	0.227	0.408
Type of position
Head of section/lower (vs department leaders)	−0.167	0.166	0.123	0.580
Ordinary employees (vs department leaders)	0.054	0.661	−0.533	0.015
Professional background (physicians vs others)	−0.470	<0.001	−0.119	0.597
Type of hospital
Local hospital (vs university hospital)	−0.174	0.224	−0.018	0.946
District general hospital (vs university hospital)	0.062	0.610	0.128	0.562
Experience from local patient experience surveys at own department (vs no such experience)	0.148	0.222	0.240	0.281