Patient safety culture in primary and home care services

BMC Family Practice

Table 1 Profile of professionals participating in the research (n = 147)

Variables	n	%
Gender
Female	98	66.7
Male	49	33.3
Type of service
Home care	56	38.1
Primary care	91	61.9
Profession
Community health agent	23	15.6
Nursing technician	22	15
Physician	20	13.6
Nurse	19	12.9
Physiotherapist	16	10.9
Administrative Support	12	7.5
Psychologist	10	6.8
Social worker	5	3.4
Speech therapist	4	2.7
Other^a	16	2.0
Time of professional experience
Less than 6 months	11	7.5
6 to 11 months	12	8.2
1 to 2 years	35	23.8
3 to 4 years	29	19,7
5 to 10 years	23	15.6
11 to 20 years	12	17
More than 20 years	12	8.2

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