The Cronbach's alpha,
indicating the internal consistency of the survey was 0.89.
Most of the respondents were female (61%).
Only 7.5% have the bachelors degree.
All the others have higher edicational level.
Most of the respondents (70%) work as radiographer for 15 years,
or less.
Only 2 respondents work less than 35 hours per week.
In the dimension "supervisor expectations/actions promoting patient safety" 70% of the radiographers stated that supervisor has a positive role.
In the dimension "organizational learning - continuous improvement" 63% of the radiographers stated that their radiology department is improving patient safety.
In the dimension "teamwork" 87% of the radiographers stated that there is a good teamwork in the radiology department.
In the dimension "communication openness" only 43% of the radiographers stated that they feel free to speak up regarding patient safety issues.
In the dimension "feedback and error reporting" only 36% of the radiographers they receive feedback about the errors that happened,
about ways to prevent those errors and about changes put in place after the error analysis.
In the dimension "non-punitive response to error",
only 15% of the radiographers stated that when they report errors there is not a blamming culture present in the radiology department.
In the dimension "staffing" only 6% of the radiographers stated that the radographers team is sufficient in number to fulfill the needs and to keep patient safe.
In the dimension "hospital management towards patient safety" only 18% of the radiographers stated that top management gives the needed attention to radiology department in what regards to patient safety issues.
In the dimension "teamwork across the hospital" 57% of the radiographers stated that when they get in touch with other units or departments of the hopsitla there is a good cooperation.
In the dimension "handoffs and transitions" 61% of the radiographers stated that patient information at the handoff or patient information at the inter-department transition is clearly passed.
In the dimension "general perception of patient safety" 75% of the radiographers agreed with the items,
stating that patient safety is positive.
In the dimension "frequency of errors reporting" 43% of the radiographers stated that they have the perception that erros are communicated most of the times.
Regarding the patient safety grade,
46% of the radiographers classified it as acceptable,
49% as very good and 3% as exccellent.
Regarding the number of events reporting,
68% of the radiographers never reported any error in any physical or digital way,
while 24% reported from 1 to 2 times and 8% reported from 3 to 5 times.
Using the Mann-Whitney test,
the influence of gender (Table 1) over the perception on patient safety was accessed.
In the dimension "communication openness" (p=0.005) female participants presented a better perception regarding patient safety.
In the dimension "feedback and error reporting" (p=0.012) female participants presented a better perception regarding patient safety.
In the dimension "non-punitive response to error" (p=0.012) female participants presented a better perception regarding patient safety. In the dimension "staffing" (p=0.036) female participants presented a better perception regarding patient safety. In the dimension "teamwork across the hospital" (p=0.012) female participants presented a better perception regarding patient safety. In the dimension "handoffs and transitions" (p=0.009) female participants presented a better perception regarding patient safety. Regarding patient safety grade (p=0.005) male participants presented a better perception regarding patient safety.
Using the Spearman Rho test,
the influence of age (Table 2) and professional experience (Table 3) was accessed.
The dimension "hospital management towards patient safety" achieved highly significant correlation with moderate test values,
in both age (0.374) and professional experience (0.398). The dimension "feedback and error reporting" achieved highly significant correlation with weak test values,
in both age (0.259) and professional experience (0.243).
Also, the dimension "frequency of errors reporting" achieved highly significant correlation with weak test values in age (0.264).