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Table 3 Association of demographic factors with levels of harm (n = 253)

From: North-African doctors as second victims of medical errors: a cross sectional survey

 

Minor harm

(n = 139)

Serious harm

(n = 114)

P-value

Sex

 Male

54 (38.8)

42 (36.8)

0.743

 Female

85 (61.2)

72 (63.2)

 

Type of practitioner

 Junior doctors

109 (78.4)

73 (64)

0.011

 Senior doctors

30 (21.6)

41 (36)

 

Department

 Medical

100 (71.9)

74 (64.9)

0.230

 Surgical/intensive care

39(28.1)

40 (35.1)

 
  1. Data were number (%). Chi-square test: comparison between the 2 groups