| Unit typea |  | ||
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Variable\Mean (SD) | Medical (n = 531) | Surgical (n = 166) | Med-surgical combined (n = 366) | One-way ANOVA tests (p) |
Total fall rate/1000 patient-days | 4.52 (3.14) | 3.26 (2.73) | 3.82 (2.97) | F = 13.14** (p < 0 .001) |
Injurious fall rate/1000 patient-days | 1.03 (1.13) | .74 (1.04) | .81 (1.09) | F = 6.54** (p = 0.002) |
Total productive nursing hours/patient-day | 9.59 (1.69) | 8.12 (1.47) | 9.27 (3.05) | F = 26.62** (p < 0 .001) |
Percentage of productive nursing hours provided by RNs | 72.87% (6.89) | 71.80% (12.49) | 73.45% (9.61) | F = 1.94 (p = 0.14) |
Percentage of patients aged ≥ 65 years | 39.09% (18.84) | 35.90% (10.35) | 31.28% (13.64) | F = 22.98** (p < 0 .001) |
Average CMI value | 1.87 (.84) | 1.88 (.46) | 1.52 (.56) | F = 26.15** (p < 0 .001) |
Percentage of patients with altered mental status at admission | 10.19% (11.26) | 7.53% (8.42) | 10.77% (14.02) | F = 4.32* (p = 0.01) |
Percentage of patients with hearing difficulties at admission | 12.53% (11.76) | 8.92% (10.45) | 10.83% (9.75) | F = 7.29** (p = 0.001) |
Call light use rate/patient-day | 6.00 (3.11) | 5.85 (2.70) | 7.29 (7.98) | F = 7.39** (p = 0.001) |
Patient call light use rate/patient-day (in 10 equal groups; 10 = least frequent, 100 = most frequent) | 53.20 (28.85) | 51.02 (22.53) | 58.96 (29.41) | F = 6.34** (p = 0.002) |
Call light response time in sec as well as in min and sec | 599.33/ 9 min 59 sec (3359.26) | 548.26/ 9 min 8 sec (1385.52) | 1196.54/ 19 min 57 sec (5183.10) | F = 2.86 (p = 0.06) |
Call light response time (in 10 equal groups; 10 = fastest, 100 = slowest) | 54.24 (28.54) | 52.55 (29.16) | 56.44 (29.68) | F = 1.19 (p = 0.30) |