Table 2 Perceived psychological safety and professional engagement.

From: Enhancing healthcare workers’ safety and well-being through a comprehensive qualitative analysis across hospital settings

 

% Overall sample (N = 449)

% Pharmacy (N = 82)

% Diagnostic laboratory (N = 64)

% Ward (N = 303)

p-value**

Low level of overall psychological safety

16%

4%

4%

8%

0.344

Neutral level of overall psychological safety

23%

8%

3%

12%

High level of overall psychological safety *

61%

17%

9%

35%

Average value related to the perceived psychological safety**

3.49 ± 0.039

3.50 ± 0.089

3.48 ± 0.116

3.49 ± 0.046

Low level of overall professional engagement*

15%

4%

2%

9%

0.054

Neutral level of overall professional engagement

29%

11%

5%

13%

High level of overall professional engagement *

55%

15%

9%

32%

Average Value Average value related to the perceived professional engagement**

3.45 ± 0.039

3.50 ± 0.090

3.55 ± 0.102

3.42 ± 0.047

  1. *Calculated as proportion of respondents that answered “strongly disagree” + “disagree”.
  2. **Based on a 5-item Likert scale.
  3. *** Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.