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Table 3 Results of the cognitive debriefing Mann-Whitney U test

From: Nu-DESC DK: the Danish version of the nursing delirium screening scale (nu-DESC)

Item

 

Criteria

Professional Group

P-Value

MD

Nurse

 

Disorientation

Understanding

Language

4,75

3,94

0,290

Content

5,25

4,19

0,099

Feasibility

Time

5,50

5,00

0,641

Usability

5,33

4,56

0,487

Inappropriate behaviour

Understanding

Language

4,75

5,31

0,820

Content

4,75

5,31

0,820

Feasibility

Time

5,00

5,31

0,437

Usability

5,25

5,40

0,810

Inappropriate communication

Understanding

Language

4,50

4,94

0,494

Content

5,00

4,94

0,892

Feasibility

Time

4,75

5,27

0,411

Usability

4,75

5,00

0,810

Illusions/Hallucinations

Understanding

Language

5,75

5,50

0,963

Content

5,75

5,50

1000

Feasibility

Time

5,75

5,56

0,682

Usability

5,75

5,60

0,810

Psychomotor retardation

Understanding

Language

5,75

5,06

0,494

Content

5,75

5,19

0,494

Feasibility

Time

5,75

5,19

0,335

Usability

5,75

5,07

0,357

  1. Assessment of the test items relative to understanding and feasibility. Rating on a 6 step scale (strongly agree, agree, slight agree, slight disagree, disagree, strongly disagree). Presented are the means of the evaluation of the two groups. Analysis of the group difference of the single items with Mann-Whitney-U-Test. Statistic significance level p < 0,05