Table II.

Mean scores for five patient safety factors in seven out-of-hours casualty clinics, by profession, gender, and age.

		n	Mean (SD)	p-value*
Teamwork climate	Total	136	77.6 (14.2)
	Profession:			0.54
	Nurse	71	79.3 (12.4)
	Doctor	63	76.1 (15.9)
	Gender:			0.57
	Female	88	78.9 (13.0)
	Male	43	76.0 (16.2)
	Age (years):			0.43
	≤ 30	12	77.1 (12.7)
	31–40	57	77.4 (13.5)
	41–50	30	77.4 (12.7)
	51–60	26	78.0 (19.4)
	≥ 61	8	83.0 (9.0)
Safety climate	Total	144	69.6 (18.1)
	Profession:			0.01
	Nurse	70	75.4 (16.2)
	Doctor	72	64.3 (18.4)
	Gender:			0.69
	Female	92	72.5 (17.4)
	Male	47	65.7 (18.9)
	Age (years):			0.03
	≤ 30	11	64.0 (14.6)
	31–40	60	66.3 (17.6)
	41–50	32	73.9 (18.8)
	51–60	30	73.2 (19.0)
	≥ 61	8	74.6 (18.8)
Perceptions of management	Total	135	76.0 (17.6)
	Profession:			0.34
	Nurse	68	78.3 (17.1)
	Doctor	65	73.7 (18.2)
	Gender:			0.81
	Female	87	77.0 (17.1)
	Male	43	74.1 (19.5)
	Age (years):			0.19
	≤ 30	11	69.6 (10.6)
	31–40	56	75.4 (16.3)
	41–50	29	75.9 (18.2)
	51–60	28	79.8 (22.4)
	≥ 61	8	76.9 (17.1)
Job satisfaction	Total	149	83.4 (16.1)
	Profession:			0.01
	Nurse	73	88.2 (14.2)
	Doctor	74	79.1 (16.7)
	Gender:			0.77
	Female	94	85.9 (14.4)
	Male	50	80.0 (18.6)
	Age (years):			0.19
	≤ 30	14	81.4 (18.9)
	31–40	61	82.5 (13.3)
	41–50	33	84.2 (17.6)
	51–60	30	83.7 (19.5)
	≥ 61	8	93.1 (11.9)
Working conditions	Total	136	69.2 (21.2)
	Profession:			0.46
	Nurse	68	72.1 (22.5)
	Doctor	66	66.5 (19.9)
	Gender:			0.56
	Female	85	71.0 (22.1)
	Male	46	67.4 (19.4)
	Age (years):			0.02
	≤ 30	13	62.5 (16.5)
	31–40	54	65.2 (22.7)
	41–50	27	71.5 (21.0)
	51–60	30	76.9 (21.3)
	≥ 61	9	71.5 (15.0)

Notes: *p-values obtained from multiple linear regression model adjusted for the variables included in each of the five patient safety factors. p-values< 0.05 indicating statistical significance in bold.