Table 1.

Patient Safety Activities according to Characteristics (N = 171).

Characteristics	Categories	n (%)	Patient Safety Activities
			M ± SD	t/F (p)
Gender	Female	162 (94.7)	4.28 ± 0.54	−0.59 (0.557)
	Male	9 (5.3)	4.18 ± 0.63
Age (years) (M ± SD = 31.5 ± 6.8)	<30	32 (18.7)	4.31 ± 0.67	1.46 (0.228)
	30–39	50 (29.2)	4.15 ± 0.56
	40–49	66 (38.6)	4.35 ± 0.47
	≥50	23 (13.5)	4.32 ± 0.51
Marital status	Married	51 (29.8)	4.23 ± 0.61	−0.73 (0.468)
	Unmarried	120 (70.2)	4.30 ± 0.52
Job position	Staff nurse	146 (85.4)	4.27 ± 0.53	−0.73 (0.469)
	Charge nurse	25 (14.6)	4.35 ± 0.64
Religion	Christian	22 (12.9)	4.29 ± 0.54	0.16 (0.924)
	Catholic	6 (3.5)	4.14 ± 0.43
	Buddhism	35 (20.5)	4.29 ± 0.54
	Non-religion	105 (61.3)	4.31 ± 0.52
	Others	3 (1.8)	3.46 ± 0.52
Shift	Two shift	15 (8.8)	4.33 ± 0.62	0.13 (0.882)
	Three shift	92 (53.8)	4.26 ± 0.57
	Fixed	64 (37.4)	4.29 ± 0.50
Educational status	College	69 (40.4)	4.33 ± 0.51	0.93 (0.354)
	Above BSN	102 (59.6)	4.25 ± 0.57
Working unit	General ward	57 (33.3)	4.17 ± 0.59	1.38 (0.243)
	Nursing care service ward	45 (26.3)	4.35 ± 0.50
	Special unit	36 (21.1)	4.24 ± 0.56
	Operating room	33 (19.3)	4.41 ± 0.50
Total experience in nursing (years) (M ± SD = 7.3 ± 5.0)	<3	37 (21.6)	4.31 ± 0.59	0.39 (0.757)
	3~<5	26 (15.2)	4.25 ± 0.66
	5~<10	59 (34.5)	4.23 ± 0.50
	≥10	49 (28.7)	4.33 ± 0.50
Numbers of bed	<150	75 (43.9)	4.21 ± 0.54	1.25 (0.288)
	150~<200	50 (29.2)	4.31 ± 0.56
	200~<300	46 (26.9)	4.36 ± 0.54
Experience of safety education	Yes	119 (69.6)	4.30 ± 0.56
	No	52 (30.4)	4.25 ± 0.52	0.54 (0.589)
Experience of healthcare accreditation	Yes	69 (40.4)	4.34 ± 0.57
	No	102 (59.6)	4.24 ± 0.52	1.22 (0.225)

BSN = Bachelor of Science in Nursing; M = mean; SD = standard deviation.