Table 5 Work experience and centrality of change agents and the top-five re-nominated leaders
From: Hand hygiene – social network analysis of peer-identified and management-selected change agents
Working years in healthcare Median (range) | Working years in the ward Median (range) | Centrality Median (range) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Degree | Closeness | Betweenness | ||||
Study arm 1 PICAs | Peer-identified change agents | 5 (3–8) | 5 (3–5) | 7 (5–25) | 0.008 (0.008–0.010) | 70.6 (40.8–387.8) |
Top five re-nominated leaders | 15 (3–17) | 5 (2–15) | 23 (18–25) | 0.010 (0.010–0.010) | 359.8 (234.3–387.8) | |
Study arm 2 MSCAs | Management selected change agents | 19 (10–24) | 8 (2–10) | 12 (3–25) | 0.010 (0.009–0.011) | 86.5 (18.8–327.4) |
Top five re-nominated leaders | 14 (6–24) | 3 (2–9) | 25 (21–36) | 0.011 (0.011–0.013) | 327.4 (232.7–687.0) | |