Patient safety culture among community pharmacists in Cairo

Al-Tehewy, Mahi; Mohamed, Samera; Ammar, Noura

doi:10.1186/s42506-023-00136-6

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 3 Personal and job factors affecting the 11 patient safety culture composites in the studied community pharmacies

From: Patient safety culture among community pharmacists in Cairo

Factors	Number and % of positive response
	Perception about working in this community pharmacy						Practices of community pharmacies on communication and work pace													Perception on responses to mistakes				Overall perception on patient safety
	Space and environ		Team work		Staff training		Commun. openness			Patient counselling			Staffing work pressure and pace			Commun. across shifts		Commun. of mistakes		Response to mistakes		Organiz. learning		Overall perception on patient safety
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N		%	N		%	N		%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Male	39	34.2	55	48.2	42	36.8	30		26.3	42		36.8	2		1.8	30	26.3	39	34.2	9	7.9	48	42.1	20	17.5
Female	30	31.9	44	46.8	27	28.7	26		27.7	36		38.3	2		2.1	17	18.1	26	27.7	12	12.8	43	45.7	9	9.6
P value	0.73		0.84		0.22		0.83			0.83			0.85			0.16		0.31		0.25		0.60		0.10
Age
25 <	6	16.7	10	27.8	5	13.9	6		16.7	8		22.2	0		0	5	13.9	8	22.2	4	11.1	8	22.2	2	5.6
25-<35	38	30.9	58	47.2	44	35.8	29		23.6	47		38.2	3		2.4	27	22	36	29.3	9	7.3	56	45.5	15	12.2
≥ 35	16	53.3	18	60	16	53.3	14		46.7	14		46.7	1		3.3	8	26.7	14	46.7	6	20	15	50	8	26.7
P value	0.002		0.01		0.001		0.01			0.04			0.40			0.20		0.04		0.29		0.02		0.01
Post-graduate
Yes	25	39.7	34	54	24	38.1	22		34.9	22		34.9	3		4.8	15	23.8	19	30.2	8	12.7	26	41.3	8	12.7
No	45	31.3	65	45.1	46	31.9	36		25	57		39.6	2		1.4	32	22.2	47	32.6	14	9.7	66	45.8	21	14.6
P value	0.24		0.24		0.39		0.14			0.53			0.17			0.80		0.73		0.52		0.54		0.72
Position
Regular	47	30.5	72	46.8	50	32.5	37	24		58	37.7		3	1.9		35	22.7	46	29.9	16	10.4	69	44.8	17	11
Manager	21	38.9	26	48.1	18	33.3	20	37		21	38.9		2	3.7		12	22.2	20	37	6	11.1	23	42.6	12	22.2
P value	0.26		0.86		0.91		0.07			0.87			0.61			0.94		0.33		0.88		0.78		0.04
< 3	17	29.3	23	39.7	12	20.7	16	27.6		22	37.9		0	0		13	22.4	16	27.6	4	6.9	21	36.2	4	6.9
3- > 6	21	31.3	35	52.2	22	32.8	17	25.4		23	34.3		2	3		11	16.4	18	26.9	9	13.4	30	44.8	9	13.4
≥ 6	30	37	41	50.6	35	43.2	24	29.6		33	40.7		3	3.7		21	25.9	29	35.8	7	8.6	38	46.9	15	18.5
P value	0.33		0.24		0.01		0.76			0.69			0.27			0.54		0.27		0.83		0.22		0.05

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