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Table 4 Counseling patients and family members

From: Counseling patients and family members in out-of-hospital emergency situations: a survey for emergency staff

Counseling patients and family members

Mean

Median

SD

Lowest

valuea

Highest

valuea

I have good communication skills (N = 142)

3.87

4.00

.362

2

4

I give the patient’s home care instructions orally (N = 142)

3.92

4.00

.378

1

4

I give the patient’s home care instructions in writing (N = 141)

1.43

1.00

.796

1

4

I have enough time to go over home care instructions (N = 141)

3.30

3.00

.808

1

4

I make sure that the patient has understood the home care instructions (N = 141)

3.77

4.00

.526

1

4

I make sure that the family member has understood the home care instructions (N = 141)

3.72

4.00

.539

2

4

I support the patient psychologically (N = 141)

2.74

3.00

.907

1

4

I support the family member psychologically (N = 142)

2.54

2.50

.926

1

4

I provide health education (N = 142)

3.03

3.00

.858

1

4

I encourage the family member to participate in the patient’s follow-up care (N = 141)

3.16

3.00

.782

1

4

I inform patients where to contact in case of further problems (N = 141)

3.89

4.00

.318

3

4

I find arranging follow-up care challenging (N = 139)

3.00

3.00

.985

1

4

  1. a1 disagree/totally disagree; 2 somewhat disagree; 3 somewhat agree; 4 agree/totally agree