Table 3 Study specific items, comparison of missed nursing care between nurses in home care versus nursing homes
Study specific items | Home care (= 265) | Nursing home (= 359) | |||||||||||||
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Missed nursing care activities | Valid responses | Mean | Standard Deviation | Never† % | Seldom % | Sometimes % | Often % | Valid responses | Mean | Standard Deviation | Never† % | Seldom % | Sometimes % | Often % | -value‡ |
Giving prescribed medication | 255 | 1.12 | 0.37 | 89.4 | 9.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 342 | 1.17 | 0.51 | 88.0 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 0.6 | ns |
Giving prescribed medication within 30 min | 236 | 1.33 | 0.62 | 74.6 | 18.6 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 332 | 1.30 | 0.61 | 76.5 | 18.1 | 4.2 | 1.2 | ns |
Serving food still hot | 220 | 1.20 | 0.49 | 84.1 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 302 | 1.33 | 0.64 | 75.5 | 16.9 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 0.007** |
Assistance while food still hot | 200 | 1.23 | 0.56 | 83.0 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 295 | 1.53 | 0.75 | 61.7 | 25.4 | 11.5 | 1.4 | 0.000** |
Assessing care needs | 229 | 1.38 | 0.62 | 69.0 | 24.5 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 324 | 1.38 | 0.62 | 68.2 | 25.9 | 5.2 | 0.6 | ns |
Care plan meeting with other professions | 174 | 1.56 | 0.93 | 66.1 | 19.5 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 267 | 1.52 | 0.77 | 62.2 | 25.8 | 9.4 | 2.6 | ns |
Reporting on to staff | 258 | 1.34 | 0.61 | 72.9 | 20.5 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 349 | 1.30 | 0.58 | 75.1 | 20.6 | 3.4 | 0.9 | ns |
Advocacy for the elderly | 219 | 1.26 | 0.55 | 78.5 | 16.9 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 317 | 1.29 | 0.58 | 77.3 | 17.4 | 4.7 | 0.6 | ns |
Acting if abuse occurred | 182 | 1.06 | 0.26 | 94.5 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 264 | 1.16 | 0.50 | 89.0 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.009** |
Supervising student | 158 | 1.42 | 0.74 | 70.3 | 19.6 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 213 | 1.52 | 0.80 | 64.8 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 2.3 | ns |
Participating in education/courses | 195 | 1.23 | 0.53 | 81.5 | 14.4 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 270 | 1.24 | 0.56 | 82.2 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 0.4 | ns |
Administrative work | 243 | 1.69 | 0.91 | 56.4 | 24.3 | 13.6 | 5.8 | 334 | 1.81 | 0.94 | 48.5 | 28.7 | 16.2 | 6.6 | ns |
Basic hygiene routines | 262 | 1.53 | 0.85 | 66.4 | 18.7 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 347 | 1.35 | 0.65 | 73.8 | 18.4 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.005** |
Did not give delegation | 103 | 1.26 | 0.58 | 79.6 | 15.5 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 121 | 1.26 | 0.54 | 79.3 | 15.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | ns |
Did not have delegation | 231 | 1.09 | 0.38 | 93.5 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 318 | 1.07 | 0.33 | 94.7 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ns |