Table 4. Regression weights of hypothesized model.

	Estimate (Unstandardized)	Estimate (Standardized)	SE	CR
Safety education → the perception of patient safety culture	0.04	0.22**	0.01	3.04
Safety education → safety control	−0.00	−0.01	0.01	−0.18
The perception of patient safety culture → safety control	0.73	0.63***	0.09	8.31
The perception of patient safety culture → patient safety competency	0.21	0.21*	0.08	2.39
Safety control → patient safety competency	0.39	0.44***	0.08	4.77
Safety education → patient safety competency	0.01	0.06	0.01	1.00

Notes:

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p < 0.001.

SE, Standard error; CR, Composite reliability.