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Table 2 Overall opinions of each individual vignettes

From: The intention to disclose medical errors among doctors in a referral hospital in North Malaysia

Opinion

Vignettes

n (%; 95% CI)

Insulin overdose

Hyperkalaemia missed

Retained sponge

Bile duct injury

Is this situation is a serious error?

Yes

259 (99.2; 97.0–99.8)

249 (97.2; 94.3–98.7)

253 (96.9;94.0–98.5)

206 (79.5; 74.1–84.0)

Unsure

2 (0.8; 0.2–3.0)

5 (2.0; 0.8–4.6)

7 (2.7; 1.2–5.5)

39 (15.1; 11.2–20.0)

No

0*

2 (0.8; 0.1–3.0)***

1 (0.4; 0.1–2.7)*

14 (5.4; 3.2–8.9)**

As a physician, how responsible are you for this error?

Responsible

246 (89.1; 84.8–92.3)

254 (92.0; 88.1–94.8)

251 (91.0; 87.0–93.8)

232 (84.0; 79.2–87.9)

Unsure

27 (9.8; 6.8–13.9)

20 (7.3; 4.7–11.0)

23 (8.3; 5.6–12.3)

38 (13.8; 10.2–18.4)

Not responsible

3 (1.1; 0.3–3.3)

2 (0.7; 0.2–2.9)

2 (0.7; 0.2–2.9)

6 (2.2; 1.0–4.8)

How likely do you think that you will be sued because of this error

Likely

162 (58.7; 52.8–64.4)

166 (60.1; 54.2–66.0)

217 (78.6; 73.4–83.1)

125 (45.3; 39.5–51.2)

Unknown

102 (37.0; 31.4–42.8)

96 (34.8; 29.4–40.6)

50 (18.1; 14.0–23.1)

109 (39.5; 33.9–45.4)

Unlikely

12 (4.3; 2.5–7.5)

14 (5.1; 3.0–8.4)

9 (3.3; 1.7–6.2)

42 (15.2; 11.4–20.0)

How likely would you be to disclose this error to the patient?

Likely

140 (50.7; 44.8–56.6)

145 (52.5; 46.6–58.4)

192 (69.6; 63.8–74.7)

139 (50.4; 44.4–56.3)

Unknown

98 (35.5 30.1–44.4)

93 (33.7; 28.3–39.5)

62 (22.4; 17.9–27.8)

89 (32.2; 27.0–38.0)

Unlikely

38 (13.8; 10.2–18.4)

38 (13.8; 10.2–18.4)

22 (8.0; 5.3–11.8)

48 (17.4; 13.3–22.4)

  1. *15 missing, **17 missing, ***20 missing