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Table 5

Responses of participants from governmental versus private healthcare workplace settings (n = 341)

Questionnaire subscales	Governmental workplace (n = 301) Mean (±SD)	Private workplace (n = 40) Mean (±SD)	t	Sig
Patient safety training received	3.62 (±1.05)	3.62 (±0.95)	0.03	0.979
Error reporting confidence	3.83 (±0.95)	3.63 (±0.89)	1.26	0.207
Working hours as error cause	4.06 (±0.89)	3.78 (±0.76)	1.87	0.063
Error inevitability	3.65 (±0.91)	3.41 (±0.89)	1.56	0.119
Professional incompetence as error cause	3.52 (±0.97)	3.40 (±0.93)	0.83	0.231
Disclosure responsibility	3.57 (±0.96)	3.41 (±0.93)	0.97	0.332
Team functioning	4.00 (±1.02)	3.95 (±1.07)	0.22	0.825
Patient involvement in reducing error	3.92 (±0.97)	3.96 (±0.85)	0.24	0.809
Importance of patient safety in the curriculum	3.86 (±0.83)	3.73 (±0.78)	0.90	0.368
Average Questionnaire Score	3.76 (±0.63)	3.59 (±0.61)	1.63	0.105

Questionnaire subscales	Governmental workplace (n = 301)Mean (±SD)	Private workplace (n = 40)Mean (±SD)	t	Sig
Patient safety training received	3.62 (±1.05)	3.62 (±0.95)	0.03	0.979
Error reporting confidence	3.83 (±0.95)	3.63 (±0.89)	1.26	0.207
Working hours as error cause	4.06 (±0.89)	3.78 (±0.76)	1.87	0.063
Error inevitability	3.65 (±0.91)	3.41 (±0.89)	1.56	0.119
Professional incompetence as error cause	3.52 (±0.97)	3.40 (±0.93)	0.83	0.231
Disclosure responsibility	3.57 (±0.96)	3.41 (±0.93)	0.97	0.332
Team functioning	4.00 (±1.02)	3.95 (±1.07)	0.22	0.825
Patient involvement in reducing error	3.92 (±0.97)	3.96 (±0.85)	0.24	0.809
Importance of patient safety in the curriculum	3.86 (±0.83)	3.73 (±0.78)	0.90	0.368
Average Questionnaire Score	3.76 (±0.63)	3.59 (±0.61)	1.63	0.105

Note(s): * Statistically significant

Source(s): Table by authors