Patient safety in the operating room: an intervention study on latent risk factors

BMC Surgery

Table 5 Comparison of I-OR and C-OR by separate univariate ANCOVAs (repeated measures) with pre-test scores, age, gender and job tenure as covariates

LRFs of LOTIC-scale		I-OR n = 62	C- OR n = 40	F ratio	P
Communication	pre	2.48	2.54	3.07	.083
Communication	post	2.35	2.54
Design	pre	2.94	2.96	0.26	.872
Design	post	2.99	2.95
Maintenance	pre	2.81	2.98	2.43	.122
Maintenance	post	2.94	2.94
Material Resources	pre	2.60	2.51	8.38	.005
Material Resources	post	2.73	2.50
Planning & Coordination	pre	2.75	2.78	2.14	.147
Planning & Coordination	post	2.83	2.73
Teamwork	pre	2.93	2.86	.167	.684
Teamwork	post	2.95	2.86
Procedures	pre	2.68	2.72	0.41	.525
Procedures	post	2.66	2.70
Situation Awareness	pre	2.84	2.71	1.90	.171
Situation Awareness	post	2.78	2.77
Team Instruction	pre	2.87	2.75	0.73	.788
Team Instruction	post	2.84	2.74
Training	pre	2.72	2.77	1.61	.207
Training	post	2.80	2.74
Staffing Resources	pre	2.70	2.72	10.3	.002
Staffing Resources	post	2.81	2.58
Perceived Incident rate	pre	3.93	3.96	5.45	.02
Perceived Incident rate	post	3.53	3.88

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