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Table 2 Safety culture aspects and communication scales by professions and study periods/ training participation

From: Does interprofessional team-training affect nurses’ and physicians’ perceptions of safety culture and communication practices? Results of a pre-post survey study

Profession Nurses Physicians
Study periods
t0 (2016)/ t1(2017)
t0 (2016)
Mean (SD)
t1(2017)
Mean (SD)
Δ t0 (2016)
Mean (SD)
t1(2017)
Mean (SD)
Δ
Safety Culture Aspects
 Supervisor Expectations 3.42 (0.72) 3.38 (0.71) −0.04 3.58 (0.72) 3.47 (0.78) −0.11
 Teamwork Within Units 3.42 (0.60) 3.36 (0.61) −0.06 3.64 (0.69) 3.54 (0.78) −0.10
 Psychological Safety 3.61 (0.66) 3.69 (0.61) 0.08 3.68 (0.67) 3.67 (0.66) −0.01
Communication Practices
 2-Way-Communication 3.69 (0.94) 3.65 (0.91) −0.04 3.19 (0.96) 3.52 (0.84) 0.33**
 Briefing 3.15 (0.86) 3.27 (0.79) 0.12 3.46 (0.87) 3.74 (0.79) 0.28*
 Feedback 2.92 (0.81) 2.86 (0.83) −0.06 3.07 (0.79) 3.22 (0.79) 0.15
Training participants/ non-participants
(at t1)
non-participants
Mean (SD)
participants
Mean (SD)
Δ non-participants
Mean (SD)
participants
Mean (SD)
Δ
Safety Culture Aspects
 Supervisor Expectations 3.36 (0.72) 3.44 (0.71) 0.08 3.34 (0.81) 3.70 (0.70) 0.36
 Teamwork Within Units 3.33 (0.62) 3.43 (0.61) 0.10 3.42 (0.84) 3.72 (0.62) 0.30
 Psychological Safety 3.64 (0.63) 3.80 (0.55) 0.16 3.52 (0.72) 3.91 (0.46) 0.39**
Communication Practices
 2-Way-Communication 3.70 (0.92) 3.54 (0.90) −0.16 3.44 (0.90) 3.64 (0.72) 0.20
 Briefing 3.26 (0.79) 3.30 (0.81) 0.04 3.54 (0.83) 4.07 (0.58) 0.53**
 Feedback 2.83 (0.85) 2.92 (0.78) 0.09 3.09 (0.84) 3.46 (0.65) 0.37*
  1. Notes: Means, standard deviations (SD) and deltas (Δ) for all six scales of safety culture aspects and communication practices regarding points in time and training participation. Mann-Whitney-U-test significance: *p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01
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