Table 1 Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of respondents
From: Hospital survey on patient safety culture in Ethiopian public hospitals: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Working unit | |
Medical unit | 94 (22.9) |
Surgery | 31 (7.6) |
Gyn/Obs | 53 (12.9) |
Paediatrics | 40 (9.8) |
Pharmacy | 71 (17.3) |
Laboratory | 28 (6.8) |
Othersa | 93 (22.7) |
Staff position | |
Nurses | 161 (39.3) |
Physicians | 82 (20.0) |
Pharmacists | 71 (17.3) |
Technicians | 35 (8.5) |
Othersb | 61 (14.9) |
Years in hospital | |
< 1 year | 235 (57.3) |
1–5 years | 139 (33.9) |
6–10 years | 25 (6.1) |
11–15 years | 7 (1.7) |
16–20 years | 1 (0.3) |
≥ 20 years | 3 (0.7) |
Years in current department | |
< 1 year | 236 (57.6) |
1–5 years | 146 (35.6) |
6–10 years | 21 (5.1) |
11–15 years | 4 (1.0) |
16–20 years | 2 (0.5) |
≥ 20 years | 1 (0.2) |
Work experience | |
< 1 | 168 (41.0) |
1–5 years | 190 (46.3) |
6–10 years | 37 (9.0) |
11–15 years | 5 (1.2) |
16–20 years | 4 (1.0) |
≥ 20 years | 6 (1.5) |
Working hours per weekc | |
< 20 h | 10 (2.5) |
20–39 h | 66 (16.2) |
40–59 h | 223 (54.8) |
60–79 h | 63 (15.5) |
80–99 h | 23 (5.6) |
≥ 100 h | 22 (5.4) |
Type of hospital | |
District | 184 (44.9) |
Teaching or referral | 226 (55.1) |
Contact with patients | |
Yes | 388 (95.0) |
No | 22 (5.0) |