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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Factors associated with the use of cognitive aids in operating room crises: a cross-sectional study of US hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers

 

All respondents

Less successful implementation

More successful implementation

 
 

N = 368

N = 127 (34.5%)

N = 241 (65.5%)

 

Variables

n

%

n

%

n

%

p value

Facility characteristics

 Number of ORs

      

0.0014*‡

  0–4

90

24.5

17

13.4

73

30.3

 

  5–15

119

32.3

43

33.9

76

31.5

 

  16–30

83

22.6

37

29.1

46

19.1

 

  ≥ 30

74

20.1

30

23.6

44

18.3

 

  Missing

2

0.5

0

0.0

2

0.8

 

 Anesthesiology or surgical residents

175

47.6

66

52.0

109

45.2

0.2184

Respondent characteristics

 Primary professional role

      

0.179

  Anesthesiology

311

84.5

114

89.8

197

81.7

 

  Surgery

13

3.5

2

1.6

11

4.6

 

  OR staff

24

6.5

7

5.5

17

7.1

 

  Other

20

0.1

4

0.0

16

0.1

 

 Employer†

      

0.9687

  Facility or university

118

32.1

44

34.7

74

30.7

 

  Physician owned practice

93

25.3

34

26.8

59

24.5

 

  Corporate practice

51

13.9

20

15.8

31

12.9

 

  Independent solo practice

27

7.3

9

7.1

18

7.5

 

  Missing

79

21.5

20

15.8

59

24.5

 

 Years since professional training

      

0.4534‡

  Less than 5 years

31

8.4

12

9.5

19

7.9

 

  5–10 years

40

10.9

15

11.8

25

10.4

 

  11–20 years

80

21.7

29

22.8

51

21.2

 

  ≥ 20 years

198

53.8

66

52.0

132

54.8

 

  Missing

19

5.2

5

3.9

14

5.8

 
  1. *Significant at alpha = 0.05
  2. †Fisher’s exact test
  3. ‡Mantel-Haenszel (MH) chi-square test