Table 3.

Safety incidents and shift preferences (N = 100).

		12-h shift	8-h shift	χ 2	df	p
Needlestick accident	Yes	18	6	0.376	1	0.540
	No	52	24
Medication errors	Yes	8	2	0.529	1	0.467
	No	62	28
Near-miss medication errors	Yes	27	9	0.670	1	0.413
	No	43	21
Patient fall	Yes	36	6	8.515	1	0.004
	No	34	24
Are you willing to continue the current shifting system?	Yes	54	14	9.656	2	0.008
	No	6	4
	Maybe	10	12

Note: Bold values are significant at 0.05.