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. 2020 Jan 10;15(1):e0227585. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227585

Table 4. Correlations between perceptions of disclosure of patient safety incidents, moral sensitivity, and attitude about patient safety.

Cronbach’s α Mean SD Min Max Pearson’s r
Overall perceptions of disclosure of patient safety incidents Open disclosure across harm levels Open disclosure across situations Justification of open disclosure Negative consequences of open disclosure Positive consequences of open disclosure Facilitators of open disclosure Moral sensitivity
Total perceptions of disclosure of patient safety incidents 0.866 95.51 8.98 69 120
    Open disclosure across harm levels 0.701 10.13 1.51 5 12
    Open disclosure across situations 0.682 17.69 2.79 10 24 0.438
(<0.001)
    Justification of open disclosure 0.809 14.46 1.66 8 16 0.506
(<0.001)
0.437
(<0.001)
    Negative consequences of open disclosure 0.773 12.33 2.73 5 20 0.203
(<0.001)
0.204
(<0.001)
0.077
(0.122)
    Positive consequences of open disclosure 0.712 19.40 2.65 12 24 0.326
(<0.001)
0.276
(<0.001)
0.375
(<0.001)
0.304
(<0.001)
    Facilitators of open disclosure 0.885 21.50 2.59 11 24 0.270
(<0.001)
0.313
(<0.001)
0.537
(<0.001)
-0.016
(0.746)
0.396
(<0.001)
Moral sensitivity 0.823 154.92 14.75 116 195 0.320
(<0.001)
0.150
(0.002)
0.117
(0.019)
0.345
(<0.001)
-0.024
(0.625)
0.316
(<0.001)
0.375
(<0.001)
Attitude about patient safety 0.670 50.84 5.15 39 64 0.496
(<0.001)
0.308
(<0.001)
0.293
(<0.001)
0.492
(<0.001)
0.157
(0.002)
0.273
(<0.001)
0.463
(<0.001)
0.494
(<0.001)