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Table 4 Association of socio demographic characteristics and the action: “I assess the cause of the alarm beep when it alarms”

From: Assessment of nurses interventions in the Management of Clinical Alarms in the critical care unit, Kenyatta National Hospital, a cross sectional study

Socio demographic variables

Never n (%)

Sometimes n (%)

Often n (%)

Always n (%)

Total score n (%)

Age in years

 25–35

 

2 (4)

7 (21)

18 (72)

89.8

 36–44

 

0

6 (18)

38 (152)

96.6

 45–55

 

4 (8)

1 (3)

11 (44)

85.9

Gender

 Male

 

1 (2)

7 (21)

17 (68)

91

 Female

 

5 (10)

7 (21)

50 (200)

93.2

Professional qualification

 KRCHN

 

6 (18)

11 (33)

61 (244)

94.6

 BScN

 

0

2 (6)

5 (20)

92.9

 MScN

 

0

1 (3)

0

75

 KRN

 

0

0

1 (4)

100

Years worked as a Nurse

 Below 2 years

 

1 (2)

0

2 (8)

83.3

 Above2 years

 

0

0

2 (8)

100

 Above 5 years

 

0

5 (15)

14 (56)

93.4

 Above 10 years

 

5 (10)

9 (27)

49 (196)

3.7

Years worked in CCU

 Below 2 years

 

2 (4)

2 (6)

11 (44)

90

 Above2 years

 

1 (2)

2 (6)

10 (40)

92.3

 Above 5 years

 

1 (2)

5 (15)

27 (108)

84.4

 Above 10 years

 

2 (4)

5 (15)

19 (76)

91.3

CCU Trained

 Yes

 

5 (10)

14 (42)

58 (232)

92.2

 No

 

1 (2)

0

9 (27)

72.5

Alarm management trained

 Yes

 

0

0

16 (64)

100

 No

 

6 (12)

14 (42)

50 (200)

90.7