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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Sep 29;28(3):190–197. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008159

Table 1.

Patient characteristics according to responses to ‘comfort speaking up’ item.

Characteristic All respondents p-value Respondents who had a problem p-value
No problem n = 5,254 Had problem n = 4,958 Not always comfortable n = 1,514 Always comfortable n = 3,444
Age, years
 ≤ 35 741 (45.9) 875 (54.1) <0.01 249 (28.5) 626 (71.5) <0.01
 36–45 380 (45.6) 454 (54.4) 119 (26.2) 335 (73.8)
 46–55 744 (48.8) 782 (51.2) 231 (29.5) 551 (70.5)
 56–65 1,213 (51.8) 1,128 (48.2) 338 (30.0) 790 (70.0)
 66–75 1,275 (54.8) 1,053 (45.2) 319 (30.3) 734 (69.7)
 ≥ 76 901 (57.5) 666 (42.5) 258 (38.7) 408 (61.3)
Sex
 Female 3,134 (50.8) 3,041 (49.2) 0.08 932 (30.6) 2,109 (69.4) 0.83
 Male 2,120 (52.5) 1,917 (47.5) 582 (30.4) 1,335 (69.6)
Race
 White 1,945 (50.0) 1,942 (50.0) <0.01 604 (31.1) 1,338 (68.9) <0.01
 African-American 2,508 (53.2) 2,203 (46.8) 626 (28.4) 1,577 (71.6)
 Asian 63 (39.4) 97 (60.6) 40 (41.2) 57 (58.8)
 Other 738 (50.8) 716 (49.2) 244 (34.1) 472 (65.9)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic 4,600 (50.8) 4,459 (49.2) <0.01 1,343 (30.1) 3,116 (69.9) 0.76
 Hispanic 348 (57.4) 258 (42.6) 80 (31.0) 178 (69.0)
Education
 ≤ 8th grade 256 (60.1) 170 (39.9) <0.01 58 (34.1) 112 (65.9) 0.15
 H.S. without grad 666 (62.4) 401 (37.6) 135 (33.7) 266 (66.3)
 H.S. degree 1,803 (55.9) 1,421 (44.1) 415 (29.2) 1,006 (70.8)
 Some college 1,347 (49.3) 1,385 (50.7) 391 (28.2) 994 (71.8)
 College degree 479 (43.3) 628 (56.7) 190 (30.3) 438 (69.7)
 > College degree 476 (39.1) 741 (60.9) 239 (32.3) 502 (67.7)
Language spoken at home
 English 4,721 (51.2) 4,494 (48.8) 0.20 1,327 (29.5) 3,167 (70.5) <0.01
 Non-English 343 (53.8) 294 (46.2) 114 (38.8) 180 (61.2)
Admission through ED*
 Yes 3,359 (51.5) 3,169 (48.5) 0.76 1,028 (32.4) 2141 (67.6) <0.01
 No 1,739 (51.1) 1,662 (48.9) 438 (26.4) 1,224 (73.6)
Overall health
 Excellent 797 (54.2) 673 (45.8) <0.01 137 (20.4) 536 (79.6) <0.01
 Very good 1,353 (53.2) 1,188 (46.8) 311 (26.2) 536 (73.8)
 Good 1,646 (50.4) 1,617 (49.6) 542 (33.5) 1,075 (66.5)
 Fair 1,010 (50.8) 978 (49.2) 332 (34.0) 646 (66.1)
 Poor 322 (44.4) 404 (55.6) 150 (37.1) 254 (62.9)
Mental health
 Excellent 1,683 (52.3) 1,533 (47.7) 0.24 314 (20.5) 1,219 (79.5) <0.01
 Very good 1,585 (51.8) 1,474 (48.2) 472 (32.0) 1,002 (68.0)
 Good 1,358 (51.1) 1,297 (48.9) 461 (35.5) 836 (64.5)
 Fair 447 (49.0) 466 (51.0) 178 (38.2) 288 (61.8)
 Poor 89 (46.4) 103 (53.6) 50 (48.5) 53 (51.5)
*

Emergency Department (ED)