Table 4.

Association of regret intensity with the consequences of the regret-inducing situation on the patient, on the healthcare professional and on patient care

	Scale range	Mean difference	p
Consequence to patient (e.g., transfer to ICU, resuscitation, permanent harm)	1–6	0.24	0.005
Death (unexpected, or expected but earlier)	yes vs. no	0.26	0.04
Involvement of the healthcare professional
Self-reported error	yes vs. no	0.21	0.02
		Correlation	p
Responsibility	0–10	0.24	<0.001
Consequences to the healthcare professional
Satisfaction with work	1–7	−0.27	<0.001
Sleep difficulties	1–28	0.27	<0.001
Self-reported health	1–5	−0.17	0.004

Mean difference for categorical variables and Correlation for continuous variables