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Table 2 Distribution of response type against category of psychosocial need

From: Nurses respond to patients’ psychosocial needs by dealing, ducking, diverting and deferring: an observational study of a hospice ward

Response

Type of psychosocial need expressed

Total per response

 

Rights

Identity

Coping

Expression

Ducking

45 (27.3 %)

18 (36 %)

13 (31 %)

25 (34.2 %)

101 (30.6 %)

Deferring

25 (15.2 %)

1 (2 %)

8 (19 %)

15 (20.5 %)

49 (14.8 %)

Diverting

20 (12.1 %)

2 (4 %)

3 (7.1 %)

9 (12.3 %)

34 (10.3 %)

Dealing

75 (45.5 %)

29 (58 %)

18 (42.9 %)

24 (32.9 %)

146 (44.2 %)

Total

165

50

42

73

330