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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of surgery teams according to period of intervention using the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist

From: Surgical teams’ attitudes and opinions towards the safety of surgical procedures in public hospitals in the Brazilian Federal District

Socio-demographic characteristics

Hospital 1

Hospital 2

Hospital 3

Total

Period I

Period II

Period I

Period II

Period I

Period II

Period I

Period II

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Sexa

 Male

38

36.2

36

36.7

42

56.8

35

50.7

41

52.6

20

47.6

121

47.1

91

43.5

 Female

67

63.8

62

63.3

32

43.2

34

49.3

37

47.4

22

52.4

136

52.9

118

56.5

 Total

105

100.0

98

100.0

74

100.0

69

100.0

78

100.0

42

100.0

257

100.0

209

100.0

 p valuec

0.936

0.471

0.607

0.446

Ageb

 Mean

38.2

40.5

37.6

36.7

35.5

34.8

37.2

38.4

 Median

35.0

38.0

35.0

31.0

32.0

32.0

35.0

36.0

 Standard deviation

9.8

9.7

10.9

12.1

10.4

9.0

10.3

10.5

 Minimum

24.0

26.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

25.0

22.0

22.0

 Maximum

77.0

79.0

63.0

67.0

65.0

57.0

77.0

79.0

 IQR (Q3–Q1)

14.0

14.0

18.0

19.5

15.0

13.5

15.8

16.0

 Total

104.0

113.0

55.0

61.0

77.0

41.0

236.0

215.0

 p valuec

0.035

0.361

0.872

0.223

Occupation

 Anesthesiologist

7

6.7

6

5.3

14

15.7

10

13.2

14

17.9

5

11.9

35

12.9

21

9.1

 Nurse assistant

14

13.3

16

14.0

6

6.7

4

5.3

3

3.8

4

9.5

23

8.5

24

10.3

 Surgeon

7

6.7

8

7.0

27

30.3

8

10.5

12

15.4

5

11.9

46

16.9

21

9.1

 Nurse

9

8.6

8

7.0

2

2.2

1

1.3

1

1.3

1

2.4

12

4.4

10

4.3

 Instrument nurse

11

10.5

10

8.8

6

6.7

3

3.9

4

5.1

1

2.4

21

7.7

14

6.0

 Other (specify)

4

3.8

1

0.9

9

10.1

11

14.5

15

19.2

5

11.9

28

10.3

17

7.3

 Resident anesthesiologist

7

6.7

11

9.6

3

3.4

0

0.0

6

7.7

7

16.7

16

5.9

18

7.8

 Resident surgeon

14

13.3

14

12.3

9

10.1

19

25.0

11

14.1

7

16.7

34

12.5

40

17.2

 Resident nurse

1

1.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.4

0

0.0

 Nurse technician

31

29.5

40

35.1

13

14.6

20

26.3

12

15.4

7

16.7

56

20.6

67

28.9

 p valuec

0.888

0.007

0.631

0.055

  1. IQR interquartile deviation
  2. aWithout response 7.5 % of the respondents
  3. bWithout response 10.5 % of the respondents
  4. cp value was calculated based on the Mann–Whitney test for the distribution difference in periods I and II