Malpractice awareness among surgeons at a teaching hospital in Pakistan

Table 3 Mean likert scores of opinions of respondents belonging to different specialties

	GS¹	CS²	NE³	OP⁴	OT⁵	PL⁶	PS⁷	OS⁸	OM⁹	GO¹⁰	P-value*⁺
Foreign Object Left in Patient	4.32	4.19	3.94	3.35	4.00	4.10	4.00	4.15	2.60	4.32	NS
Wrong Procedure	4.00	3.69	4.29	3.00	3.77	2.76	2.89	3.51	4.42	4.96	NS
Failure to Obtain Consent	4.21	4.21	3.55	4.59	3.55	3.17	2.28	3.25	2.87	3.69	NS
Failure to Treat	3.45	3.42	3.90	3.55	3.33	2.85	3.00	3.19	1.89	3.20	NS
Wrong Site	4.76	3.25	3.19	4.23	3.29	3.40	3.56	4.00	2.51	3.35	NS
Damage to Organs	3.44	4.45	4.24	3.58	3.55	3.00	4.79	2.12	2.77	3.35	NS
Surgery on Wrong Patient	3.86	3.19	3.37	2.75	4.50	3.16	4.24	4.13	2.48	2.89	NS
Unnecessary Surgery	2.24	3.91	4.42	3.68	3.49	2.38	3.61	3.00	2.95	4.39	<0.001
Delayed Diagnosis	3.68	4.52	4.28	3.25	3.26	2.83	3.79	2.87	3.13	3.28	NS
Complications after Surgery	3.85	3.62	3.95	3.68	3.04	2.71	4.17	3.42	3.04	4.16	0.002
Anesthesia Errors	3.56	3.77	3.29	3.63	3.75	2.68	3.77	3.09	2.89	4.24	NS
Misdiagnosis	3.55	4.04	4.23	3.48	3.68	3.25	3.64	1.69	3.00	3.44	NS
Failure to Refer to a Specialist	4.09	3.19	3.55	3.25	2.52	3.48	3.81	2.79	3.72	4.32	0.044
Cosmetic Errors	2.96	2.71	2.56	3.50	3.45	3.84	3.00	3.00	3.83	2.81	0.023
Inappropriate Postoperative Care	3.15	3.72	2.26	3.00	2.52	3.00	3.13	4.04	3.32	2.90	0.014
Unintentional Incision	2.95	3.39	3.86	4.16	3.43	2.89	2.87	2.32	2.06	2.53	NS
Failure to Treat	3.45	3.42	3.90	3.55	3.33	2.85	3.00	3.19	1.89	3.20	NS
Prescription Errors	3.00	3.32	3.03	3.65	3.56	2.41	2.64	2.91	2.25	2.81	NS
Failure to Diagnose	3.00	4.28	4.00	2.72	3.48	2.00	3.00	2.00	1.26	3.43	NS
Failure to Break News in Entirety	2.77	3.43	2.52	1.47	2.29	2.72	2.61	3.40	2.94	2.97	NS

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