Results of χ2 analyses comparing workforce staff, managers and patient-safety specialists making various suggestions
| Type of suggestion to improve patient safety | Groups | χ2 (df 2) | p Value* | ||
| Workforce staff (n=530) | Workforce managers (n=245) | Patient-safety specialists (n=109) | |||
| Incident reporting | |||||
| Yes | 50 (9.3%) | 34 (13.9%) | 25 (22.9%) | 16.44 | 0.000* |
| No | 486 (90.7%) | 211 (86.1%) | 84 (77.1%) | ||
| Education and supervision | |||||
| Yes | 153 (28.5%) | 88 (35.9%) | 36 (33.0%) | 4.47 | 0.107 |
| No | 383 (71.5%) | 157 (64.1%) | 73 (67.0%) | ||
| Reviews and guidelines | |||||
| Yes | 54 (10.1%) | 34 (13.9%) | 53 (48.6%) | 101.94 | 0.000* |
| No | 482 (89.9%) | 211 (86.1%) | 56 (51.4%) | ||
| Management and leadership | |||||
| Yes | 57 (10.6%) | 36 (14.7%) | 16 (14.7%) | 3.11 | 0.211 |
| No | 475 (88.6%) | 209 (85.3%) | 93 (85.3%) | ||
| Communication and teamwork | |||||
| Yes | 160 (29.8%) | 62 (26.3%) | 28 (25.7%) | 2.07 | 0.354 |
| No | 376 (70.1%) | 183 (74.7%) | 81 (74.3%) | ||
| Staffing | |||||
| Yes | 251 (46.8%) | 121 (49.4%) | 14 (12.8%) | 47.58 | 0.000* |
| No | 285 (53.2%) | 124 (50.6%) | 95 (87.2%) | ||
| Equipment and infrastructure | |||||
| Yes | 115 (21.5%) | 66 (26.9%) | 14 (12.8%) | 8.92 | 0.011* |
| No | 421 (78.5%) | 179 (73.1%) | 95 (87.2%) | ||
| Patient focus | |||||
| Yes | 92 (17.2%) | 33 (13.5%) | 24 (22.0%) | 4.13 | 0.127 |
| No | 444 (82.8%) | 212 (86.5%) | 85 (78.0%) | ||
| Specific targets | |||||
| Yes | 149 (27.8%) | 63 (25.7%) | 32 (29.4%) | 0.60 | 0.740 |
| No | 387 (72.2%) | 182 (74.3%) | 77 (70.6%) | ||
↵* Statistically significant difference.