Table 2.
Respondents’ characteristics and patient safety activities
| Demographic characteristics | Overall | |
| (n=1800) | % | |
| Age; mean (SD), median | 34.29 (7.223), 33.00 | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 373 | 20.7 |
| Female | 1427 | 79.3 |
| Race | ||
| Malay | 1567 | 87.1 |
| Non-Malay | 233 | 12.9 |
| Profession | ||
| Doctor | 479 | 26.6 |
| Non-doctor | 1321 | 73.4 |
| Education level | ||
| Diploma | 1189 | 66.1 |
| Degree and above | 611 | 33.9 |
| Current working hospital | ||
| Lead hospital | 1532 | 85.1 |
| Non-lead hospital | 268 | 14.9 |
| Location of work/department | ||
| Medical based | 549 | 30.5 |
| Surgical based | 589 | 32.7 |
| Others | 662 | 36.8 |
| Length of service; mean (SD), median | 63.65 (61.266), 48.00 | |
| Working hours per week | ||
| ≤48 | 1258 | 69.9 |
| >48 | 542 | 30.1 |
| Availability of training on patient safety | ||
| Yes | 1720 | 95.6 |
| No | 80 | 4.4 |
| Participation in patient safety programme or training | ||
| Yes | 1458 | 81 |
| No | 342 | 19 |
| The overall perception of the incident reporting system | ||
| Good | 1619 | 89.9 |
| Poor | 181 | 10.1 |
| The incident reporting system is punitive | ||
| Yes | 1128 | 62.7 |
| No | 672 | 37.3 |
| Learnt something from the incidence reported (instructive incident reporting system) | ||
| Yes | 1707 | 94.8 |
| No | 93 | 5.2 |
| Will report patient safety incidents to the higher authority | ||
| Yes | 1750 | 97.2 |
| No | 50 | 2.8 |
n=frequency.