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Table 5 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 (%)

Chi

df

P Value

Cramer’s V

Age in years

    

14.415

4

0.006

0.006

 25–35

 

2 (7.4)

7 (25.9)

18 (66.7)

    

 36–44

 

0 (0.0)

6 (13.6)

38 (86.4)

    

 45–55

 

4 (25)

1 (6.2)

11 (66.8)

    

Gender

    

3.888

2

0.143

0.143

 Male

 

1 (4)

7 (28)

17 (68)

    

 Female

 

5 (8.1)

7 (11.3)

50 (47.7)

    

Sampling Technique

    

6.979

6

0.323

0.323

 KRCHN

 

6 (7.7)

11 (14.1)

61 (78.2)

    

 BScN

 

0 (0.0)

2 (28.6)

5 (71.4)

    

 MScN

 

0 (0.0)

1 (100)

0 (0.0)

    

 KRN

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (100)

    

Years worked as a Nurse

    

6.965

6

0.324

0.324

 Below 2 years

 

1 (33.3)

0 (0.0)

2 (66.7)

    

 Above2 years

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (100)

    

 Above 5 years

 

0 (0.0)

5 (26.3)

14 (73.7)

    

 Above 10 years

 

5 (7.9)

9 (14.3)

49 (77.8)

    

Years worked in CCU

    

2.082

6

0.912

0.912

 Below 2 years

 

2 (13.3)

2 (13.3)

11 (73.3)

    

 Above2 years

 

1 (7.7)

2 (15.4)

10 (76.9)

    

 Above 5 years

 

1 (3)

5 (15.2)

27 (25.4)

    

 Above 10 years

 

2 (7.7)

5 (19.2)

19 (73.1)

    

CCU Trained

    

2.223

2

0.329

0.329

 Yes

 

5 (6.5)

14 (18.2)

58 (75.3)

    

 No

 

1 (10)

0 (0.0)

9 (90)

    

Alarm management trained

    

5.957

2

0.051

0.051

 Yes

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

16 (100)

    

 No

 

6 (8.6)

14 (20)

50 (71.4)