Respondent demographics and association with CSAT result
| Category | Subcategory | n (%) n=169 | Mean CSAT | P value |
| Individual demographics | ||||
| Profession | Nurse | 75 (44.4) | 4.46 | 0.510 |
| Physician (Peds HO, Peds ICU, other physician) | 86 (50.9) | 4.40 | ||
| Other (management, administration, coordinators, other) | 8 (4.7) | 4.56 | ||
| Role in PEWS | PEWS implementation leader | 115 (68.0) | 4.48 | 0.006 |
| Clinical staff | 40 (23.7) | 4.25 | ||
| Other (hospital admin, data admin, other) | 14 (8.3) | 4.54 | ||
| Years worked since professional degree | Less than 5 years | 46 (27.7) | 4.47 | 0.290 |
| From 6 to 10 years | 32 (19.3) | 4.33 | ||
| More than 10 years | 88 (53.0) | 4.45 | ||
| NA | 3 | |||
| Gender | Male | 37 (21.9) | 4.47 | 0.576 |
| Female | 132 (78.1) | 4.42 | ||
| Age | Less than 30 years | 12 (7.1) | 4.54 | 0.382 |
| 30–40 | 77 (45.6) | 4.39 | ||
| 40–50 | 59 (34.9) | 4.43 | ||
| More than 50 years | 21 (12.4) | 4.54 | ||
| Centre characteristics | ||||
| Type of hospital | General (adult and paediatric) | 67 (39.6) | 4.38 | 0.386 |
| Oncology (adult and paediatric) | 44 (26.0) | 4.49 | ||
| Paediatric multidisciplinary | 58 (34.3) | 4.45 | ||
| Hospital funding structure | Public | 117 (69.2) | 4.47 | 0.087 |
| Private or public/private partnership | 52 (30.8) | 4.34 | ||
| Annual new cancer diagnoses | 1–75 | 68 (40.2) | 4.45 | 0.845 |
| 76–150 | 49 (29.0) | 4.43 | ||
| >150 | 52 (30.8) | 4.41 | ||
| Paediatric oncology unit structure | No paediatric oncology unit (integrated with paediatrics or other unit) | 19 (11.2) | 4.39 | 0.602 |
| Separate paediatric | 150 (88.8) | 4.44 | ||
| Time since implementation of PEWS | 1–12 months | 67 (39.6) | 4.27 | <0.001 |
| 12–24 months | 66 (39.1) | 4.53 | ||
| >24 months | 36 (21.3) | 4.55 | ||
| No of staff working in centre | 0–249 | 24 (14.2) | 4.51 | 0.398 |
| >249 | 145 (85.8) | 4.42 | ||
CSAT, Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool; HO, Hematology-Oncology; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; NA, not applicable; PEWS, Paediatric Early Warning System.