| Intervention Hospital | Control Hospital | χ2 | P-value |
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PATIENT BEHAVIOR | ||||
Patient activity: | ||||
Patient doing nothing, versus | 170 (45%) | 81 (52%) | 1.99 | 0.16 |
Patient engaged in some activity | 206 (55%) | 75 (48%) | ||
(n; % of total observations) | Total obs = 376 | Total obs = 156 | ||
Patient showed signs of agitation/ pain (n; % of total observations) | 59 (12%) | 25 (14%) | 0.69 | 0.41 |
Total obs = 497 | Total obs = 175 | |||
Patient showed confusion/ disorientation (n; % of total observations) | 184 (38%) | 74 (38%) | 0.012 | 0.91 |
Total obs = 484 | Total obs = 197 | |||
Number of occasions, patients experienced meal-time difficulty (n; % of total observations) | 128 (62%) | 55 (70%) | 1.28 | 0.27 |
Total obs = 205 | Total obs = 70 | |||
NURSE BEHAVIOR | ||||
Number of occasions patients who showed confusion were reoriented by nurse (n; % of total observations) | 109 (63%) | 36 (58%) | 0.47 | 0.49 |
Total obs = 173 | Total obs = 62 | |||
Number of occasions patients who experienced meal-time difficulty | 96 (76%) | 47 (87%) | 3.0 | 0.56 |
received appropriate assistancea(n; % of total observations) | Total obs = 127 | Total obs = 54 | ||
How often did the nurse introduce themselves when they approached the | 39 (10%) | 34 (25%) | 6.8 | 0.009* |
patient (n; % of total observations) | Total obs = 384 | Total obs = 135 | ||
How often, did the nurse address the patient by his/her name when they approached the patient (n; % of total observations) | 221 (57%) | 67 (49%) | 2.35 | 0.13 |
Total obs = 386 | Total obs = 135 | |||
Nurse explained action/ procedure in easy to understand terms (n; % of total observations) | 283 (71%) | 97 (73%) | 0.16 | 0.69 |
Total obs = 398 | Total obs = 133 | |||
Intervention Hospital | Control Hospital | χ2 | P-value | |
Total patients = 130 | Total patients = 51 | |||
Number of patients who received a newly prescribed antipsychotic within the last 24Â h (n; % of patients) | 29 (21%) | 12 (23%) | 0.03 | 0.86 |
Number of patients who received a newly prescribed benzodiazepine within the last 24Â h (n; % of patients) | 21b (16%) | 3 (6%) | 3.36 | 0.07 |
Number of patients who were administered analgesia (n; % of patients) | 36 (28%) | 25 (49%) | 7.46 | 0.006* |
Assessment of patient’s cognitive function within 24 h of admission using a standardized assessment tool? (n; % of patients) | 70 (54%) | 13 (25%) | 11.86 | 0.001** |
Informal assessment of patient’s cognitive function (n; % of patients) | 88 (68%) | 31 (61%) | 0.78 | 0.38 |