From: Oncology patients' and professional nurses' perceptions of important nurse caring behaviors
Care-Q items | Subscale a | Patients | U. b | Z | P. c | Nurses | ||
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 |  | (Mean ± SD) | Ranking |  |  |  | (Mean ± SD) | Ranking |
1- "Gives the patients' treatments and medications on time" | AC | (4.83 ± 0.43) | 1 | 3794.0 | -0.85 | 0.39 | (4.90 ± 0.30) | 1 |
2- "Knows how to give shots, I.V.s, etc, and how to manage equipment like I.V.s, suction machines, etc" | M&F | (4.77 ± 0.47) | 2 | 3952.5 | -0.16 | 0.86 | (4.79 ± 0.40) | 2 |
3- "Carry out therapeutic care skillfully to make at least suffering for patients" | C | (4.68 ± 0.52) | 3 | 3438.0 | -1.73 | 0.08 | (4.52 ± 0.59) | 6 |
4- "Checks on the patients frequently" | AC | (4.66 ± 0.54) | 4 | 2439.5 | -4.58 | 0.00* | (4.22± 0.61) | 21 |
5- "Is cheerful" | C | (4.65 ± 0.67) | 5 | 1968.5 | -6.05 | 0.00* | (3.93± 0.80) | 35 |
6- "Is patient even with 'difficult' patients" | C | (4.64 ± 0.69) | 6 | 2404.5 | -4.79 | 0.00* | (4.16± 0.73) | 25 |
7- "Is well organized" | M&F | (4.64 ± 0.61) | 7 | 3230.0 | -2.33 | 0.02* | (4.39± 0.80) | 12 |
8- "Is calm" | M&F | (4.57 ± 0.66) | 8 | 3564.5 | -1.27 | 0.20 | (4.43 ± 0.74) | 8 |
9- "Gives a quick response to the patients' call" | AC | (4.57 ± 0.65) | 9 | 3169.0 | -2.40 | 0.01* | (4.28± 0.78) | 15 |
10- "Is perceptive of the patients' needs and plans and acts accordingly" | AN | (4.55 ± 0.65) | 10 | 3543.0 | -1.32 | 0.18 | (4.42 ± 0.67) | 9 |