Table 4.

Assignment of independent variables

Elements	Assignment method
Hospital level	Tertiary hospitals = 1, Secondary hospitals = 2
Departments	(Internal medicine, Surgery, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Intensive care unit, Emergency Department, Operating room, Oncology, Department of Infectious, other)Set the dummy variable into the regression equation
Age	≤ 25 = 1, 26 ~ 30 = 2, 31 ~ 35 = 3, 36 ~ 40 = 4, 41 ~ 45 = 5, 46 ~ 50 = 6, ≥ 51 = 7
Initial education	Technical secondary school = 1, Junior colleges = 2, Undergraduate = 3, Master degree or above = 4
Professional title	Nurse = 1, Primary Nurse = 2, Intermediate nurse = 3, Deputy Chief Nurse and above = 4
Marriage	Unmarried=(0,0,0), Married=(0,1,0), Divorce=(0,0,1)
Number of children	0 children = 1, 1 children = 2, 2 children = 3, ≥ 3 children = 4
Employment form	Career establishment=(0,0,0), Contract employment=(0,1,0), Personnel Agency(0,0,1)
Number of night shifts per month	0 night shifts = 1, 1 ~ 3 night shifts = 2, 4 ~ 6 night shifts = 3, 7 ~ 9 night shifts = 4, ≥ 10 night shifts = 5
Working years (year)	1 ~ 3 years = 1, 4 ~ 10 years = 2, 11 ~ 20 years = 3, ≥ 21 years = 4
The type of patient safety incident (Recent)	(Medication errors, Pipeline slippage, Pressure ulcers, Falls/beds, Specimen collection error, Transfusion reactions, Infusion reactions, Drug extravasation, Special Events, Other events)Set the dummy variable into the regression equation
The level of patient safety incident (Recent)	Level I=1, Level II=2, Level III=3, Level IV=4, Unrated = 5
Degree of responsibility	(Primary Responsibilities, Secondary Responsibilities, No Responsibilities, Unclear)Set the dummy variable into the regression equation
Whether they were supported	Yes = 1, No = 2