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Table 2 Characteristics of the participating staff at the EDs at the two participating hospitals

From: The patient safety culture as perceived by staff at two different emergency departments before and after introducing a flow-oriented working model with team triage and lean principles: a repeated cross-sectional study

 

County hospital

County hospital

University hospital

University hospital

Physicians

Registered nurses/assistant nurses

Physicians

Registered nurses/assistant nurses

n = 86

n = 92

n = 83

n = 83

n = 23

n = 35

n = 85

n = 99

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Men

44 (51)

59 (62)

17 (20)

15 (18)

11 (44)

14 (38)

18 (19)

23 (20)

Women

42 (49)

33 (34)

66 (79)

68 (81)

12(48)

21 (57)

67 (72)

76 (68)

Age groups

        

18-24

-

-

4 (5)

1 (1)

-

-

4 (4)

2 (2)

25-34

41 (48)

36 (38)

20 (24)

22 (26)

12(48)

21 (57)

37 (40)

43 (38)

35-44

29 (34)

30 (31)

26 (31)

21 (25)

8 (32)

11 (30)

15 (16)

28 (25)

45-54

11 (13)

19 (20)

20 (24)

22 (26)

2 (8)

3 (8)

16 (17)

18 (16)

55-64

5 (6)

10 (10)

13 (16)

17 (20)

3 (12)

1 (3)

17 (18)

8 (7)

≥ 65

-

-

1 (1)

2 (2)

-

-

1 (1)

1 (1)

Number of years in health care

        

< 1

6 (7)

2 (2)

1 (1)

-

2 (8)

2 (5)

5 (5)

4 (4)

1-5

34 (40)

33 (34)

20 (24)

11 (13)

10 40)

17 (46)

25 (27)

25 (22)

6-10

17 (20)

14 (15)

18 (21)

22 (26)

6 (24)

10 (27)

17 (18)

28 (25)

11-15

13 (15)

19 (20)

9 (11)

9 (11)

2 (6)

4 (11)

10 (11)

18 (16)

16-20

3 (4)

6 (6)

9 (11)

8 (10)

1 (4)

2 (5)

9 (10)

4 (4)

≥21

13 (15)

22 (23)

27 (32)

34 (41)

3 (12)

2 (5)

23 (25)

23 (20)

Number of years you have worked in this unit

        

< 1

26 (30)

21 (22)

14 (17)

10 (12)

6 (24)

15 (41)

21 (23)

19 (17)

1-5

33 (38)

34 (35)

32 (38)

35 (42)

11(44)

13 (35)

26 (28)

43 (38)

6-10

14 (16)

16 (17)

16 (19)

13 (16)

4 (16)

8 (22)

24 (26)

20 (18)

11-15

3 (3)

13 (16)

6 (7)

11 (13)

1 (4)

1 (3)

4 (4)

12 (10)

16-20

4 (5)

4 (4)

7 (8)

4 (5)

-

-

4 (4)

2 (2)

≥21

3 (3)

7 (7)

8 (10)

11 (13)

-

-

7 (7.5)

4 (4)