Effects of Nurses’ Perceptions of Patient Safety Rules and Procedures on Their Patient Safety Performance: The Mediating Roles of Communication about Errors and Coworker Support

Table 2

Correlations and descriptive statistics for key study variables (N = 1,053).

Variables	1	2	3	4	5
(1) Patient safety rules and procedures	—
(2) Communication about errors	0.40	—
(3) Coworker support	0.44	0.49	—
(4) Patient safety compliance	0.52	0.44	0.56	—
(5) Patient safety participation	0.54	0.37	0.45	0.72	—
M	3.62	4.02	3.92	3.88	3.74
SD	0.62	0.61	0.57	0.57	0.63

Note. 1, nurses’ perceptions of patient safety rules and procedures; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.  < 0.01.