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Table 2 Four items in the panel questionnaire used to measure the main outcomes (in brackets)

From: Physician participation in quality improvement work- interest and opportunity: a cross-sectional survey

1

Are you interested in participating in quality improvement work at your workplace? The response categories were yes and no. (Expressed interest)

2

My workplace is organised well to facilitate participation in quality improvement work. The response categories were from 1 "completely disagree" to 5 "completely agree". (Opportunity)a

3

Time is designated in my work-hour schedule to work with quality improvement. The response categories were from 1 "completely disagree" to 5 "completely agree". (Opportunity)a

4

Did you participate actively in quality improvement work during the last year at your work place? The response categories were yes and no. (Active participation)

  1. aFor the logistic regression analyses, answers were dichotomized into 0 (response categories from 1 to 3) and 1 (response categories 4 and 5)