Table 2

Characteristics of respondents participating in 2009 hospital survey on patient safety culture by group

				Intervention group categories
Respondent characteristics	Static group mean % (n=1328)	Intervention group mean % (n=2137)	p Value*	Early adopter mean % (n=574)	Early/late majority mean % (n=1195)	Laggard mean % (n=368)	p Value*
Position			<0.001				0.13
Administration/management	11.7	10.2	–	10.4	9.9	11.0	–
Provider	6.4	5.7	–	5.0	5.8	6.6	–
Nurse	27.0	32.0	–	31.6	33.2	28.6	–
Allied health	21.7	23.3	–	23.9	23.3	22.5	–
Clinical support staff	9.9	11.8	–	8.6	12.8	13.2	–
Non-clinical support staff	15.3	11.2	–	13.6	9.7	12.6	–
Other	8.1	5.7	–	6.8	5.3	5.5	–
Direct patient contact	77.2	80.1	0.009	78.7	82.2	80.1	0.20
Work area			<0.001				0.002
Many different departments	13.7	10.7	–	13.0	9.2	12.3	–
Acute/skilled care	22.7	25.7	–	26.3	24.4	28.8	–
Ancillary departments	42.0	47.0	–	42.9	51.2	39.7	–
Physician's clinic	10.1	9.4	–	11.0	8.1	11.0	–
Other	11.4	7.3	–	6.8	7.2	8.2	–
Tenure at hospital			0.35				<0.001
0–5 years	41.3	41.5	–	42.3	42.7	36.6	–
6–15 years	32.0	33.8	–	39.3	30.6	35.5	–
16 years or more	26.7	24.7	–	18.5	26.7	27.9	–
Tenure in profession			0.63				<0.001
0–5 years	28.4	28.6	–	34.0	27.3	24.3	–
6–15 years	32.9	34.2	–	36.1	33.8	32.5	–
16 years or more	38.7	37.2	–	29.9	32.5	43.1	–