Evaluation of a support worker role, within a nurse delegation and supervision model, for provision of medicines support for older people living at home: the Workforce Innovation for Safe and Effective (WISE) Medicines Care study

Table 2 Types of personnel visiting older people at home for medicines support

Medicine support home visits undertaken by	Pre-implementation	Post-implementation	Changes in % of visits (95 % CI)^a	p-value
Medicine support home visits undertaken by	(n = 16,863 visits)	(n = 21,552 visits)	Changes in % of visits (95 % CI)^a	p-value
Registered Nurses, n (%)	15,126 (89.7)	18,733 (86.9)	−2.8 (2.15 − 3.45)	<0.001
Enrolled Nurses, n (%)	1,694 (10.0)	2,105 (9.8)	−0.2 (−0.41 − 0.81)	0.53
Community Care Aides, n (%)	43 (0.25)	714 (3.3)	+3.3 (1.66 − 4.44)	<0.001

^aThe sign indicates the direction of changes i.e. + indicates increase in the proportion of post-implementation visits and – indicates decrease in the proportion of post-implementation visits

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