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

Table 3 Surgical team opinions towards the WHO surgical safety checklist implementation in hospitals in the Brazilian Federal District

Questions	Total		Nursing team		Anesthesia team		Surgeon team		p value^a
Questions	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	p value^a
1^b
Hard to use/fill out	12	5.5	5	4.5	0	0.0	7	13.0	0.008
Easy to use/fill out	207	94.5	106	95.5	39	100.0	47	87.0
Total	219	100.0	111	100.0	39	100.0	54	100.0
2^b
Brief and quick	206	92.0	105	92.9	39	100.0	49	86.0	0.012
Extensive and time consuming	18	8.0	8	7.1	0	0.0	8	14.0
Total	224	100.0	113	100.0	39	100.0	57	100.0
3^b
Yes	228	98.3	113	98.3	39	100.0	59	96.7	0.739
No	4	1.7	2	1.7	0	0.0	2	3.3
Total	232	100.0	115	100.0	39	100.0	61	100.0
4^b
Yes	172	87.8	102	92.7	29	87.9	31	75.6	<0.001
No	24	12.2	8	7.3	4	12.1	10	24.4
Total	196	100.0	110	100.0	33	100.0	41	100.0
5^b
Yes	217	96.9	113	99.1	39	100.0	51	89.5	<0.001
No	7	3.1	1	0.9	0	0.0	6	10.5
Total	224	100.0	114	100.0	39	100.0	57	100.0
6^b
Yes	185	91.1	106	96.4	31	93.9	37	78.7	<0.001
No	18	8.9	4	3.6	2	6.1	10	21.3
Total	203	100.0	110	100.0	33	100.0	47	100.0

^ap value calculated based on the proportion test for each distribution difference between Periods I and II
^b 1 In relation to the checklist usability would you consider it: ^b 2 In relation to checklist completion, do you consider it to be a tool? ^b 3 If you were submitted to surgery, would you like the checklist to be used? ^b 4 Was communication improved by using the checklist? ^b 5 Does the checklist help avoid errors in the OR? ^b 6 Has the checklist contributed to developing a surgery safety culture in the OR

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