Table 2.

Implementation and usefulness of interventions to prevent the impact of adverse events on second and third victims

	Implementation			Usefulness
Dimensions	Primary care	Hospital	P*=	Primary care	Hospital	P*=
Safety culture	2.6	3.2	0.001	3.5	3.7	ns
Crisis plan	2.5	3.1	0.001	3.6	3.8	0.05
Open communication with patients and/or relatives	2.2	2.5	0.002	3.4	3.4	ns
Support for second victims	2.3	2.5	0.022	3.6	3.6	ns
Public communication and the organisation’s reputation	2.7	2.9	0.01	3.6	3.7	ns

Comparison of the views of hospital and primary care professionals

N = 406

On each dimension, scores could range from 1 to 5

*from the Student’s t-test for independent samples