The role of anesthesiologists’ perceived self-efficacy in anesthesia-related adverse events

BMC Anesthesiology

Table 3 The incidence of ARAEs in anesthesiologists with normal level and high level self-efficacy

Characteristic	Unweighted (N = 1011)					Propensity score weighted^a (N = 1066)
Characteristic	Normal level (n = 539)	High level (n = 472)	RD	RR	P^b	Normal level (n = 533)	High level (n = 533)	aRD	aRR	P^b
Anesthesia-related adverse events, No. (%)			-0.08 (-0.14, -0.025)	0.76 (0.62, 0.92)	0.0052			-0.12 (-0.18, -0.071)	0.63 (0.51, 0.77)	< 0.001
Yes	178 (33.0)	118 (25.0)				177 (33.2)	111 (20.8)
No	361(67.0)	354 (75.0)				356 (66.8)	422 (79.2)

Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range, CI Confidence interval, RR Relative risk, RD Risk difference, aRR Adjusted relative risk, aRD Adjusted risk difference, ARAEs Anesthesia-related adverse events
^a A pseudo-sample was obtained after weighting based on propensity score match
^b Chi-square test used in exploring difference between two groups

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