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Table 5 Comparison of the participants’ awareness of the incident reporting system with their demographic

From: Awareness of reporting practices and barriers to incident reporting among nurses

Descriptive Characteristics

Mean (SD)

t/F

P value

Gender

-0.031

0.37

 Female

6.6 (3.2)

 Male

5.2 (1.8)

Type of hospital

2.35

.005*

 Governmental

5.5 (2.8)

 Private

6.7 (3.2)

 University affiliated

4.9 (2.6)

Level of nursing education

2. 32

0.011

 Bachelor

7.1 (4.1)

 Postgraduate

7.5 (2.8)

Years of experience in nursing

-2.29

0.026

 1–5 Year

5.1 (1.6)

 6–10 Year

6.7 (2.3)

 11 Year above

7.2 (4.3)

Hospital Accreditation

0.426

0.020

 Accredited

6.9 (3.9)

 Not accredited

5.2 (2.8)

  1. * p value