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Table 3 Comparison of residents and staff characteristics between units with high and low levels of PCC

From: Organisational and environmental characteristics of residential aged care units providing highly person-centred care: a cross sectional study

 

Low PCC

High PCC

   
 

M(sd)

n(%)

M(sd)

n(%)

p-value

Effect size

Residents

 Gender

  Women

 

518 (69.2)

 

467 (67.3)

  

  Men

 

231 (30.8)

 

227 (32.7)

0.45

 

Age

84.5 (3.3)

 

84.9 (2.8)

 

0.40

 

Cognitive impairment

  

644 (87.6)

617 (89.0)

0.41

 

ADL-ability

13.9 (6.1)

 

14.3 (6.0)

 

0.20

 

Time for stay in this facility (months)

32.1 (29.7)

 

31.0 (31.4)

 

0.50

 

Staff

 Gender

      

  Women

 

580 (94.2)

 

564 (96.1)

  

  Men

 

36 (5.8)

 

23 (3.9)

0.10

 

Age

45.9 (11.5)

 

45.7 (10.9)

 

0.75

 

Years of experience in aged care

15.5 (10.4)

 

16.0 (10.3)

 

0.39

 

Years of work in this facility

7.3 (6.5)

 

7.9 (7.4)

 

0.10

 

Additional education in dementia care

 

291 (51.1)

 

328 (61.2)

0.001

−0.1a

  1. aphi coefficient