Table 2 Differences in Students’ perspectives of knowledge in patient safety dimensions between year of studıes and countries (range = 1–5)
Patient safety dimensions | Cyprus (n = 197) | Greece (n = 289) | Independent samples t-tests | 3rd year (n = 234) | 4th year (n = 252) | Independent samples t-tests | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | p-value* | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | p-value* | |
Classroom setting | ||||||||
Clinical Safety | 4.7 (0.5) | 4.2 (0.7) | 9.745 | < 0.001 | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.5 (0.6) | −3.216 | 0.001 |
Working in teams | 4.1 (0.7) | 3.5 (0.8) | 9.343 | < 0.001 | 3.7 (0.8) | 3.8 (0.8) | −1.405 | 0.160 |
Communicating effectively | 4.5 (0.6) | 3.8 (0.8) | 10.175 | < 0.001 | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.1 (0.8) | 0.371 | 0.711 |
Manage Risk | 4.3 (0.7) | 3.6 (0.8) | 9.957 | < 0.001 | 3.8 (0.8) | 4.0 (0.8) | −2.291 | 0.022 |
Human and environmental factors | 4.3 (0.8) | 3.7 (0.8) | 8.202 | < 0.001 | 3.9 (0.8) | 3.9 (0.9) | −0.285 | 0.776 |
Adverse events | 4.2 (0.7) | 3.6 (0.8) | 8.856 | < 0.001 | 3.8 (0.8) | 3.9 (0.9) | −1.361 | 0.143 |
Culture of safety | 4.3 (0.6) | 3.8 (0.7) | 6.649 | < 0.001 | 4.0 (0.8) | 4.1 (0.7) | −2.654 | 0.008 |
Clinical setting | ||||||||
Clinical Safety | 4.5 (0.6) | 3.5 (0.8) | 13.107 | < 0.001 | 3.8 (0.9) | 4.0 (0.9) | −1.968 | 0.045 |
Working in teams | 4.0 (0.8) | 3.2 (0.8) | 11.487 | < 0.001 | 3.4 (0.9) | 3.6 (0.9) | −1.790 | 0.075 |
Communicating effectively | 4.3 (0.8) | 3.4 (0.8) | 11.232 | < 0.001 | 3.7 (0.9) | 3.8 (0.9) | −2.009 | 0.045 |
Manage Risk | 4.1 (0.8) | 3.3 (0.9) | 9.914 | < 0.001 | 3.5 (0.9) | 3.8 (0.9) | −3.287 | 0.001 |
Human and environmental factors | 4.0 (0.9) | 3.4 (0.9) | 6.411 | < 0.001 | 3.6 (0.9) | 3.8 (0.9) | −2.287 | 0.023 |
Adverse events | 4.0 (0.7) | 3.3 (0.8) | 8.807 | < 0.001 | 3.5 (0.8) | 3.8 (0.9) | −3.442 | 0.001 |
Culture of safety | 4.1 (0.8) | 3.6 (0.9) | 7.039 | < 0.001 | 3.7 (0.9) | 3.9 (0.8) | −3.463 | 0.001 |