Characteristics of Nurses in Japanese Hospitals Who Detect Errors of One-self and Others : Table 1

Table 1: Comparisons of experience of detecting errors by individual characteristics (N=1861).
^aUnmarked or missing data were not included in the analysis.
*Z test.

				Detect an error
				Own self			Others
Variable^a		n	%	n	%	P*	n	%	P*
Gender	Male	172	9.3	140	81.4	0.063	145	84.3	1.000
Gender	Female	1670	90.7	1287	77.1	0.063	1404	84.1	1.000
Age	≤37	938	51.6	750	80.0	0.029	784	83.6	0.726
Age	38≤	865	48.4	647	74.8	0.029	733	84.7	0.726
Job Position	Staff	1495	83.0	1164	77.9	0.254	1234	82.5	0.006
Job Position	Manager	306	17.0	230	75.2	0.254	275	89.9	0.006
Night Shift	Yes	1444	79.3	1140	78.9	0.003	1244	86.1	<0.001
Night Shift	No	376	20.7	271	72.1	0.003	283	75.3	<0.001
Years of Nursing Experience	≤14	998	55.8	790	79.2	0.105	824	82.6	0.285
Years of Nursing Experience	15≤	790	44.2	595	75.3	0.105	677	85.7	0.285
Experience of Participating in a Medical Safety Course	Yes	1506	82.1	1166	77.4	0.704	1287	85.5	0.002
Experience of Participating in a Medical Safety Course	No	328	17.9	251	76.5	0.704	255	77.7	0.002
Experience as a Safety Committee Member	Yes	505	27.6	393	77.8	0.757	448	88.7	0.003
Experience as a Safety Committee Member	No	1327	72.4	1023	77.1	0.757	1089	82.1	0.003
Experience of a Medical Accident	Yes	243	13.1	209	86.0	<0.001	212	87.2	0.078
Experience of a Medical Accident	No	1617	86.9	1231	76.1	<0.001	1352	83.6	0.078