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 6 Frequency of specified medical acts on sub-category treatment

			T-WN^a		N-WN^b
			n = 6		n = 5		p value
			n/week		n/week
Foot care	mean	SD	9.0	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.01^c
Conservative sharp wound debridement	median	range	1.0	0–7	0.0	0–0	0.01^c
Wound cleansing	mean	SD	16.0	5.8	5.0	5.3	0.01^c
Curettage	median	range	4.0	0–16	0.0	0–0	0.03^d
Incise	median	range	0.5	0–3	0.0	0–0	0.08^d
Determining of topical agent	mean	SD	11.1	5.2	3.8	4.4	0.04^c
Determining of wound dressing	mean	SD	13.5	1.8	8.2	6.8	0.16^c
Performing NPWT^e	median	range	1.5	0–9	0.0	0–2	0.37^d

^aTrained Wound,Ostomy and Continence Nurse, ^bNon-trained Wound,Ostomy and Continence Nurse, ^ct- test, ^dMann-Whitney U test, ^eNegative pressure wound therapy

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