Table 3. Variations in EMS-SAQ domain mean scores across agency characteristics.
| Safety Climate | Teamwork Climate |
Perceptions of Mgmt |
Job Satisfaction | Working Conditions |
Stress Recognition |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean 95% CI |
Mean 95% CI |
Mean 95% CI |
Mean 95% CI |
Mean 95% CI |
Mean 95% CI |
|
| Study Sample | 74.5 (72.4, 76.6) | 71.2 (68.6, 73.7) | 67.2 (63.9, 70.5) | 75.4 (72.8, 78.0) | 66.9 (64.0, 69.7) | 55.1 (52.9, 57.2) |
|
Agency Type &
Geography |
** | * | * | NS | * | * |
| Rural Ground | 74.5 (72.8, 76.2) | 71.0 (68.8, 73.1) | 69.2 (67.1, 71.3) | 76.7 (74.7, 78.7) | 67.4 (65.3, 69.6) | 52.2 (49.7, 54.6) |
| Urban Ground | 72.2 (71.0, 73.4) | 68.9 (67.5, 70.2) | 61.2 (59.8, 62.7) | 73.3 (71.9, 74.6) | 64.5 (63.1, 66.0) | 57.2 (55.6, 58.7) |
| Air-Medical Only | 82.9 (80.9, 84.8) | 79.5 (77.3, 81.6) | 78.3 (75.9, 80.6) | 81.3 (79.1, 83.5) | 73.3 (70.9, 75.7) | 57.1 (54.4, 59.9) |
| Both Ground & Air-Medical |
75.1 (71.5, 78.7) | 71.8 (67.5, 76.2) | 64.3 (59.3, 69.3) | 75.8 (71.7, 79.8) | 65.6 (60.8, 70.4) | 57.6 (52.5, 62.7) |
| Model affiliation | ** | ** | * | ** | ** | * |
| Hospital-based | 70.8 (69.0,72.5) | 67.2 (65.3,69.2) | 63.7 (61.4,66.0) | 73.7 (71.8,75.6) | 61.6 (59.4,63.8) | 53.8 (51.6,56.0) |
| Fire-based | 76.0 (74.0,78.0) | 75.1 (72.9,77.3) | 65.7 (63.2,68.2) | 81.9 (79.7,84.1) | 68.9 (66.4,71.3) | 54.7 (51.7,57.6) |
| 3rd Service/Gov’t | 74.9 (73.5,76.3) | 71.0 (69.4,72.7) | 64.9 (63.2,66.6) | 74.6 (72.9,76.3) | 68.9 (67.2,70.6) | 57.3 (55.2,59.4) |
| Private/Free- standing |
76.6 (74.9,78.3) | 72.4 (70.5,74.4) | 69.2 (67.2,71.3) | 73.6 (71.6,75.6) | 67.9 (65.8,69.9) | 58.0 (55.8,60.1) |
|
Number of
employees |
** | ** | ** | ** | ** | NS |
| 1-20 | 77.4 (72.2,82.6) | 76.2 (69.7,82.6) | 71.7 (64.8,78.5) | 78.8 (72.9,84.8) | 69.8 (62.7,76.9) | 54.5 (46.5,62.5) |
| 21-50 | 76.5 (75.0,78.0) | 72.3 (70.6,74.1) | 70.9 (69.1,72.7) | 76.2 (74.6,77.9) | 69.7 (67.9,71.5) | 55.0 (53.0,57.0) |
| 51-100 | 75.1 (73.4,76.7) | 72.9 (71.0,74.8) | 67.4 (65.4,69.4) | 78.8 (77.0,80.7) | 66.7 (64.7,68.7) | 56.9 (54.7,59.1) |
| 101-400 | 71.9 (70.6,73.3) | 68.1 (66.6,69.7) | 60.4 (58.6,62.1) | 71.5 (69.9,73.0) | 63.6 (61.9,65.3) | 56.6 (54.8,58.4) |
|
Number of patient
contacts in 2007 |
** | ** | ** | ** | ** | * |
| ≤ 2,500 | 78.2 (76.7,79.7) | 75.0 (73.3,76.7) | 74.3 (72.5,76.0) | 80.3 (78.7,81.9) | 71.1 (69.3,72.9) | 54.4 (52.3,56.5) |
| 2,501-5,000 | 76.2 (74.3,78.1) | 72.9 (70.7,75.1) | 71.0 (68.8,73.2) | 78.5 (76.4,80.6) | 69.3 (67.1,71.5) | 54.3 (51.6,57.0) |
| 5,001-10,000 | 76.1 (74.0,78.2) | 72.9 (70.4,75.4) | 63.5 (60.7,66.3) | 75.1 (72.5,77.7) | 65.3 (62.7,68.0) | 56.6 (53.5,59.6) |
| 10,001+ | 69.6 (68.1,71.0) | 65.8 (64.1,67.5) | 57.3 (55.6,59.1) | 69.2 (67.6,70.9) | 61.8 (60.0,63.6) | 58.3 (56.4,60.1) |
|
% of pt. contacts
that were cardiac or trauma related |
** | ** | ** | ** | ** | NS |
| ≤ 2% | 71.5 (70.2,72.8) | 67.6 (66.0,69.2) | 62.5 (60.9,64.1) | 72.8 (71.2,74.4) | 63.2 (61.6,64.9) | 55.7 (53.9,57.4) |
| >2% | 76.4 (75.2,77.6) | 73.1 (71.7,74.4) | 67.9 (66.4,69.5) | 76.2 (74.9,77.5) | 69.0 (67.5,71.7) | 56.6 (54.9,58.2) |
*
indicates significant differences in domain mean scores across different levels of a variable p<0.05.
**
indicates significance at p<0.0001. NS=no significant differences identified