Table 1.
Variable (survey question and response) | Mean (SD) |
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Frequency of engaging in common suboptimal patient care practices | |
During your most recent inpatient rotation work-week, how often did you...? | |
Work while impaired by fatigue | 3.73 (0.85) |
Forget to transmit important information during sign-out | 2.13 (0.69) |
Report information that you were unsure of | 1.92 (0.81) |
Write information in a patient’s chart that you were unsure of | 1.74 (0.781) |
Make up information to report to your superior | 1.13 (0.54) |
Suboptimal patient care practices summary score* (summary of the previous 5 responses, Eigenvalue = 2.5 ,Cronbach αα = 0.75) | 2.16 (0.54) |
Reasons for medical errors | |
How often do you make errors because of...? | |
Fatigue | 3.11 (0.77) |
Excessive workload | 3.11 (0.84) |
Inadequate time | 3.04 (0.89) |
Distractions | 2.77 (0.86) |
Stress | 2.57 (0.91) |
Work stress summary score (summary of the previous 5 responses, eigenvalue = 3.1, Cronbach’s αα = 0.85) | 2.92 (0.67) |
Inadequate knowledge | 2.67 (0.62) |
Inadequate supervision | 2.12 (0.65) |
Intellectual stress summary score (summary of the previous 2 responses, Eigenvalue 1.6, Cronbach αα = 0.60) | 2.39 (0.54) |
Frequency of medical errors | |
How often do you make the following errors? | |
Cognitive | 2.67 (0.61) |
Administrative | 2.34 (0.73) |
Technical | 1.98 (0.50) |
Medical error summary score (summary of the previous 3 responses Cronbach’s αα = 0.60) | 2.32 (0.05) |
*All items were asked on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (very often).