Table 2

SAQ factor descriptives: overall means (minimum and maximum); and overall standard deviations (overall score sample sizes come from n returned in Table 1)

Overall mean (min mean for the clinical area – max mean for the clinical area)/overall s.d.
SAQ version-country
teamwork climate
safety climate
perceptions of management
job satisfaction
working conditions
stress recognition

ICU-UK
74.3 (55.9 – 87.2)/18.3
67.7 (55.7 – 84.8)/16.7
44.6 (26.8 – 59.5)/19.0
60.7 (40.4 – 77.1)/21.2
59.6 (38.5 – 75.5)/19.9
64.2 (56.7 – 72.0)/19.6
ICU-NZ
67.9 (45.5 – 78.6)/18.8
63.8 (50.0 – 72.4)/17.4
45.3 (26.4 – 57.7)/20.0
59.9 (41.0 – 73.1)/21.8
53.7 (38.5 – 64.8)/19.9
71.7 (62.1 – 81.0)/19.6
ICU-USA
65.7 (52.3 – 78.6)/19.0
68.8 (58.6 – 77.9)/17.4
54.1 (33.9 – 75.5)/22.4
68.6 (42.7 – 89.1)/22.3
58.3 (45.4 – 72.5)/21.4
67.2 (57.4 – 77.8)/21.2
inpatient-USA
64.3 (62.3 – 74.1)/16.6
60.5 (63.4 – 76.8)/16.0
38.3 (50.1 – 67.8)/18.7
59.6 (61.9 – 77.7)/20.5
49.2 (50.9 – 64.1)/19.5
74.4 (55.9 – 77.2)/20.2
OR-UK
71.7 (62.1 – 67.3)/22.6
69.6 (57.9 – 64.0)/18.9
47.6 (37.1 – 39.8)/22.2
70.1 (55.4 – 65.2)/22.1
57.5 (48.9 – 49.6)/25.4
54.7 (72.7 – 76.8)/26.6
ambulatory -USA
69.7 (62.9 – 84.4)/17.0
69.9 (60.1 – 84.7)/16.2
55.3 (41.0 – 63.8)/21.9
70.6 (57.0 – 84.7)/20.2
61.6 (44.8 – 79.6)/20.2
66.7 (41.6 – 69.7)/21.1

Sexton et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:44   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-44