The association between experience of hospital accreditation and nurses’ perception of patient safety culture in South Korean general hospitals: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Factors affecting overall perceptions of safety (N = 310)

Variable		Overall perceptions of safety (sum)
		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
		β	p	β	p	β	p
Current work experience
	1–5	Referent group
	6–10	−0.214	0.085	0.063	0.515	0.043	0.652
	11–15	−0.183	0.107	0.023	0.790	0.009	0.917
	≥16	−0.163	0.056	0.019	0.780	0.008	0.909
Position
	Staff nurse	Referent group
	Charge nurse	0.028	0.628	−0.015	0.729	−0.014	0.758
	Head nurse	0.159	0.009**	0.075	0.110	0.070	0.132
Patient safety culture	Working environment			0.589	<.001**	0.587	<.001**
	Supervisor/manager			0.003	0.954	−0.002	0.971
	Communication			−0.087	0.140	−0.077	0.187
	Frequency of events reported			−0.047	0.281	−0.044	0.307
	hospital management and support for patient safety			0.261	<.001**	0.267	<.001**
Experience of accreditation	Yes vs. No					0.097	0.023*
R²		0.052		0.477		0.486
adj R²		0.036		0.459		0.466
(⊿R²)		0.423			0.007
F(p)		3.36(0.006**)		26.59(<.001**)		24.99(<.001**)

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