Table 4 Relationship between socio-demographics of respondents and awareness of institutional protocol for preventing wrong-site surgery
From: Patient safety awareness among 309 surgeons in Enugu, Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey
Socio-demographics | Yes | No | Test statistics | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | Χ2 | ||
Gender | ||||
 Male | 99 (39.0) | 155 (61.0) | 0.028 | 0.866 |
 Female | 20 (37.7) | 33 (62.3) |  |  |
Professional status | ||||
 Consultant/Specialist | 21 (46.7) | 24 (53.3) |  |  |
 Resident doctor | 98 (46.0) | 115 (54.0) | 36.913 | < 0.001 |
 Intern/House officer | 0 (0.0) | 49 (100.0) |  |  |
Years in practice | ||||
  ≤ 10 years | 91 (37.4) | 152 (62.6) | 0.847 | 0.357 |
  > 10 years | 28 (43.8) | 36 (56.3) |  |  |