Table 1

Respondent characteristics and associations with the safety culture composite score

		Unadjusted			Adjusted
Predictors	n	Mean	SE	p Value	Mean	SE	p Value
NICU
A	10	77.8	4.2	<0.001	76.8	3.72	<0.001
B	57	73.4	2.1		74.7	2.26
C	25	73.3	2.8		74.2	2.97
D	42	73.0	2.3		76.9	2.48
E	71	71.0	1.9		70.4	2.39
F	22	68.2	3.0		70.9	3.47
G	39	67.2	2.4		69.5	2.43
H	39	67.2	2.4		71.4	2.47
I	12	66.4	3.9		71.0	4.28
J	71	65.4	1.9		69.5	2.24
K	50	59.3	2.2		62.9	2.41
L	109	56.3	1.2		59.6	1.98
Job position
Nurse	404	66.0	0.7	0.006	67.1	2.87	0.06
Doctor	24	75.1	2.9		76.6	3.47
Ancillary staff	71	65.9	1.8		68.4	2.94
Experience
≤5 years	151	67.3	1.6	0.10	71.75	2.55	0.34
6–19 years	142	64.2	1.5		69.66	2.53
≥20 years	210	65.8	1.2		70.59	2.51
Gender
Male	20	73.0	3.2	0.02	69.84	3.81	0.69
Female	492	65.5	0.6	0.02	71.49	2.35
Race
White	455	65.8	0.7	0.08	70.23	2.35	0.66
Non-white	64	69.0	1.9	0.08	71.11	2.79
Work shifts
Days	217	66.4	2.1	0.78	NA	NA	NA
Evenings	22	66.9	3.5
Nights	159	67.6	2.2
Variable shifts	54	66.2	1.9

The multivariate model includes all respondent characteristics with p≤0.10. There were 547 respondents, but not all categories add up to 547 due to missing responses. The composite score is the average of the mean scale scores.
NA, not applicable; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.