Table 4. Univariate analysis of the APSQ III domain with respect to the year level.

APSQ III: Attitude to Patient Safety Questionnaire III.

*Independent samples t-test was used for domains following normality. The mean score with standard deviation is given for these variables.

For the remaining domains, the Mann-Whitney U test for association was done, and the median score with difference of interquartile range is presented for these variables.

Domain	Interns	Final-year MBBS students	p-value
Patient safety training received	5 (1.5)	5 (1.84)	0.456
Error reporting confidence*	5.12 ± 1.52	5.26 ± 1.20	0.577
Working hours as the cause of errors	7 (0.34)	6.33 (1.67)	0
Error inevitability	6.66 (1.34)	6.33 (1.67)	0.307
Professional incompetence as the cause of errors*	4.40 ± 1.28	4.45 ± 1.01	0.785
Disclosure responsibility*	4.58 ± 1.13	4.68 ± 1.23	0.598
Team functioning	6.5 (1.5)	6.5 (1.5)	0.711
Patient involvement in reducing errors	6 (2)	5.75 (1.5)	0.404
Importance of patient safety in the curriculum	5.33 (1.34)	5 (1)	0.615