Differences in the working pattern among wound, ostomy, and continence nurses with and without conducting the specified medical act: a multicenter time and motion study

Table 4 Frequency of interventions to the patients on direct care

			T-WN^a		N-WN^b
			n = 6		n = 5		p value
			n/week		n/week
Total patient	mean	SD	73.2	15.8	43.0	7.5	0.04^c
PU^e	mean	SD	16.5	6.8	18.8	7.5	0.61^c
Diabetic foot ulcer	mean	SD	12.6	11.9	0.0	0.0	0.04^c
Venus leg ulcer	mean	SD	1.8	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.17^c
Peripheral arterial disease	median	range	4.0	0–17	0.0	0–8	0.13^d
Surgical site infection wound dehiscence	median	range	6.0	1–11	0.0	0–8	0.09^d
Other ulcer	mean	SD	12.3	10.3	3.0	2.3	0.08^c
Skin disorder	mean	SD	4.0	4.1	5.0	3.5	0.94^c
Stoma	mean	SD	13.3	3.2	11.8	9.1	0.88^c
Incontinence	median	range	0.0	0–2	0.0	0–1	0.56^d

^aTrained Wound,Ostomy and Continence Nurse, ^bNon-trained Wound,Ostomy and Continence Nurse, ^ct-test, ^dMann-Whitney U test, ^epressure ulcer

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