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Table 4 Ward belonging and patient safety culture (n = 309)

From: Assessing the patient safety culture and ward error reporting in public sector hospitals of Pakistan

Ward

Total respondents

a) No prioritization

b) No support

c) No comfort

d) No ward response

e) No communication

f) Wardblames

g) Workload interferes

n

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

f (%)

f (%)

Emergency

55

41 (75%)

37 (67%)

38 (69%)

35 (64%)

34 (62%)

16 (29%)

46 (84%)

Gynecology and Maternity

45

25 (56%)

35 (78%)

33 (73%)

35 (78%)

29 (64%)

14 (31%)

32 (71%)

General Medicine

43

34 (79%)

35 (81%)

26 (60%)

28 (65%)

28 (65%)

21 (49%)

30 (70%)

Cardiology

39

28 (72%)

26 (67%)

26 (67%)

23 (59%)

24 (62%)

9 (23%)

30 (77%)

Surgery

28

18 (64%)

21 (75%)

15 (54%)

14 (50%)

22 (79%)

17 (61%)

19 (68%)

Nephrology

19

12 (63%)

14 (74%)

11 (58%)

13 (68%)

11 (58%)

9 (47%)

11 (58%)

Orthopedics

18

14 (78%)

12 (71%)

9 (53%)

14 (82%)

14 (82%)

6 (35%)

13 (72%)

ENT

16

5 (31%)

10 (63%)

8 (50%)

10 (63%)

14 (88%)

11 (69%)

10 (63%)

Pediatrics

12

7 (58%)

7 (58%)

10 (83%)

5 (42%)

8 (67%)

4 (33%)

10 (83%)

Radiology

10

8 (80%)

7 (70%)

6 (60%)

7 (70%)

7 (70%)

8 (80%)

5 (50%)

Ophthalmology

8

7 (88%)

5 (63%)

4 (50%)

4 (50%)

3 (38%)

5 (63%)

3 (38%)

Gastroenterology

5

3 (60%)

3 (60%)

4 (80%)

3 (60%)

4 (80%)

4 (80%)

3 (60%)

Neurology

3

2 (67%)

3 (100%)

1 (33%)

2 (67%)

1 (33%)

1 (33%)

2 (67%)

Anesthesiology

2

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

–

1 (50%)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

Dermatology

2

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

–

–

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

1 (50%)

Urology

2

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

Oncology

1

–

–

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

–

–

1 (100%)

Pathology

1

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

–

Total

309

210 (68%)

222 (72%)

195 (63%)

199 (64%)

207 (67%)

131 (42%)

219 (70%)