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. 2019 Aug 6;19:550. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4374-9

Table 4.

Association between participant characteristics and overall APSQ scores

Variable Total APSQ score SD P value
Sex 0.006
 Male 105.60 10.5
 Female 108.27 10.1
Age 0.155
  ≤ 30 years 107.89 9.49
  > 30 years 106.48 10.87
Education level 0.38
 Diploma (2 years) 108.12 8.50
 Bachelor’s degree 106.51 10.61
 Graduate studies 107.47 10.76
Department >  0.001
 Medical 104.95 9.30
 Surgical 105.98 10.37
 Obstetrics & gynecology 110.64 9,54
 Pediatrics 106.48 12.44
 Others 108.61 9,48
Years of experience 0.121
  ≤ 5 years 107.05 10.03
 6–10 years 107.25 9.36
 11–15 years 104.92 10.16
  > 15 years 108.26 11.17
Received training related to safety culture 0.703
 Yes 107.37 9.36
 No 106.96 10.51
Hospital (n = 424) <  0.001
 Hospital 1 108.15 9.34
 Hospital 2 107.49 10.77
 Hospital 3 103.21 10.45
 Hospital 4 110.31 7.74