Table 1.

Characteristics of work environment (PES-NWI) across overall patient safety assessment.

Patient Safety and Work Environment (PES-NWI)	Overall Patient Safety Assessment
	Low	Medium	High
	Q2 (Q1–Q3)	Q2 (Q1–Q3)	Q2 (Q1–Q3)	p
Staffing and resource adequacy	1.5 (1.0–1.75)	1.75 (1.25–2.25)	2 (1.5–2.5)	<0.001
Cooperation in Therapeutic team	1.75 (1.38–2.25)	2.25 (1.88–2.75)	2.5 (2.0–2.88)	<0.001
Support for nurses from management	2 (1.5–2.62)	2.5 (2.0–3.0)	3 (2.5–3.5)	<0.001
Nurses’ participation in hospital management	2 (1.43–2.43)	2.43 (2.0–2.86)	2.71 (2.29–3.0)	<0.001
Support for providing high Standards of quality of nursing care	2.33 (1.94–2.78)	2.78 (2.44–3.11)	3.11 (2.67–3.44)	<0.001

Note: Q2—median, Q1–Q3—interquartile range; p-value; the results of Kruskal-Wallis sum rank test.