Skip to main content

Table 5 Factors influencing patient safety activities (N = 159)

From: Predictors of patient safety activities among registered nurses and nurse aides in long-term care facilities: cross-sectional study

Variables

B

SE

β

t

p

Multi-collinearity statistics

Tolerance

VIF

(Constant)

2.17

.50

 

4.35

 < .001

  

Age

.00

.00

.072

1.03

.306

.83

1.21

Marital status (ref: single)

-.12

.06

-.147

-1.92

.057

.69

1.45

Working experience at current facility

.00

.00

.106

1.38

.170

.69

1.45

Work shift type (ref: 3 shifts)

 2 shifts

-.02

.11

-.011

-0.14

.887

.72

1.39

 Fixed day shift

-.00

.10

-.002

-0.02

.985

.47

2.14

Others a

-.36

.12

-.264

-2.95

.004

.51

1.97

 Nurses’ proportion (%)

-.00

.00

-.149

-1.40

.163

.36

2.77

 Facility admission capacity

.00

.00

.057

0.48

.634

.28

3.56

 Mean number of residents assigned per a nursing staff

-.00

.01

-.010

-0.11

.916

.43

2.32

Ownership (ref: public)

 Foundation

-.02

.13

-.016

-0.12

.901

.26

3.87

 Private

.02

.13

.018

0.15

.884

.26

3.85

 Facility evaluation rating (ref: A)

       

 B

.02

.12

.014

0.18

.861

.68

1.49

 C

-.13

.11

-.088

-1.15

.254

.69

1.45

 Experiences of reporting safety incident in a year (ref: no)

.12

.08

.109

1.49

.140

.76

1.32

Occupation_RN (ref: NA)

.37

.08

.377

4.64

 < .001

.62

1.63

Subcategories of patient safety culture

 Leadership of manager

-.04

.08

-.050

-0.51

.614

.41

2.43

 Work attitude

.13

.10

.137

1.23

.222

.33

3.04

Organizational system

.28

.11

.314

2.61

.010

.28

3.55

 Managerial practice

-.03

.06

-.047

-0.52

.605

.50

1.99

R2 = .44, Adjusted R2 = .36, F = 5.69, p < .001

  1. From: Predictors of Patient Safety Activities among Registered Nurses and Nurse Aides in Long-term Care Facilities
  2. SE Standard errors, VIF Variance inflation factors, RN Registered nurse, NA Nurse aide
  3. a Others: fixed night shift, on-call, 24-h