Table 1.

Respondent demographics and association with CSAT result

Category	Subcategory	n (%) n=169	Mean CSAT	P value
Individual demographics
Profession	Nurse	75 (44.4)	4.46	0.510
	Physician (Peds HO, Peds ICU, other physician)	86 (50.9)	4.40
	Other (management, administration, coordinators, other)	8 (4.7)	4.56
Role in PEWS	PEWS implementation leader	115 (68.0)	4.48	0.006
	Clinical staff	40 (23.7)	4.25
	Other (hospital admin, data admin, other)	14 (8.3)	4.54
Years worked since professional degree	Less than 5 years	46 (27.7)	4.47	0.290
	From 6 to 10 years	32 (19.3)	4.33
	More than 10 years	88 (53.0)	4.45
	NA	3
Gender	Male	37 (21.9)	4.47	0.576
	Female	132 (78.1)	4.42
Age	Less than 30 years	12 (7.1)	4.54	0.382
	30–40	77 (45.6)	4.39
	40–50	59 (34.9)	4.43
	More than 50 years	21 (12.4)	4.54
Centre characteristics
Type of hospital	General (adult and paediatric)	67 (39.6)	4.38	0.386
	Oncology (adult and paediatric)	44 (26.0)	4.49
	Paediatric multidisciplinary	58 (34.3)	4.45
Hospital funding structure	Public	117 (69.2)	4.47	0.087
	Private or public/private partnership	52 (30.8)	4.34
Annual new cancer diagnoses	1–75	68 (40.2)	4.45	0.845
	76–150	49 (29.0)	4.43
	>150	52 (30.8)	4.41
Paediatric oncology unit structure	No paediatric oncology unit (integrated with paediatrics or other unit)	19 (11.2)	4.39	0.602
	Separate paediatric	150 (88.8)	4.44
Time since implementation of PEWS	1–12 months	67 (39.6)	4.27	<0.001
	12–24 months	66 (39.1)	4.53
	>24 months	36 (21.3)	4.55
No of staff working in centre	0–249	24 (14.2)	4.51	0.398
	>249	145 (85.8)	4.42

CSAT, Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool; HO, Hematology-Oncology; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; NA, not applicable; PEWS, Paediatric Early Warning System.