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Table 6 Comparison of the participants’ self-perceived reporting practices with their demographic

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

Descriptive Characteristics

Mean (SD)

t/F

P value

Gender

34.1

0.019

 Female

8.1 (3.3)

 Male

6.2 (2.7)

Type of hospital

4.31

0.022

 Governmental

5.5 (2.8)

 Private

6.7 (4.2)

 University affiliated

5.2 (2.4)

Level of nursing education

2.76

0.015

 Bachelor

6.1 (3.4)

 Postgraduate

7.5 (3.8)

Years of experience in nursing

1.98

0.011

 1–5 Year

6.2 (4.2)

 6–10 Year

7.1 (5.8)

 11 Year above

6.7 (4.6)

Hospital Accreditation

0.62

.005*

 Accredited

9.6 (5.5)

 Not accredited

6.2 (4.2)

  1. * p value