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Table 5 Patients’ rating of care quality over groups and study time

From: The effects of improving hospital physicians working conditions on patient care: a prospective, controlled intervention study

 

Intervention departments

Control departments

Significance tests

 

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

Group x Time

 

N = 410

N = 604

N = 286

N = 281

(ANOVA)

Indicators of patient care quality

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

F(df = 1); p

1 Organization of physicians’ care

4.20

.82

4.23

.75

4.13

.76

4.01

.84

3.67; .056†

2 Quality of information from physicians

4.08

.83

4.16

.77

3.88

.88

3.93

.81

0.14; n. s.

  1. Note: N, Number of patients; M, Mean; SD, Standard deviation; Scale Range 1 = “not at all” 5 = “yes, very much”; †p < .10 Significance level.