Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (N = 308)
From: Awareness of reporting practices and barriers to incident reporting among nurses
Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age 29.7(5.11) M (SD) | ||
Gender | ||
 Male | 133 | 44 |
 Female | 175 | 56 |
Type of hospital | ||
 Governmental | 90 | 30.2 |
 Private | 138 | 43.6 |
 University affiliated | 80 | 26.2 |
Level of nursing education | ||
 Bachelor | 265 | 86.8 |
 Postgraduate | 43 | 13.1 |
Years of experience in nursing 6.9 ± 5.0 | ||
 1–5 Year | 149 | 49.2 |
 6–10 Year | 119 | 38.8 |
 11 Year above | 40 | 12.0 |
Type of hospitals ward or unit | ||
 Medical /Surgical | 96 | 29.5 |
 Emergency Room | 28 | 8.6 |
 Critical care unit | 94 | 28.9 |
 Pediatric | 34 | 10.5 |
 Psychiatric | 3 | 0.9 |
 Operation room | 12 | 3.7 |
 Gynecology | 24 | 7.4 |
 Others | 34 | 10.5 |
The hospital Accreditation | ||
 Accredited (HCAC/JCI) | 220 | 67.7 |
 Not accredited | 105 | 32.3 |