Table 2 Multilevel analysis of associations between different areas of self-assessed competence, addressing national guidelines/policies and quality of care provided
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Null Model | + all the competence variables | + all addressing guidelines/policies variables | + all variables that were significant in previous ones | |||||
Quality of Carea | Coefficient (SE) | p* | Coefficient (SE) | p* | Coefficient (SE) | p* | Coefficient (SE) | p* |
8.16 (.03) | 0.00 | |||||||
Age | .07 (.02) | 0.00 | .05 (.02) | 0.01 | .06 (.02) | 0.00 | ||
Occupational status | ||||||||
Head nurses | .28 (.08) | 0.00 | .20 (.08) | 0.01 | .22 (.08) | 0.01 | ||
Nurses | −.10 (.06) | 0.11 | −.07 (.06) | 0.29 | −.07 (.06) | 0.29 | ||
Practical nurses | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||||
Unit type | ||||||||
Non-institutionalized care | −.33 | 0.00 | −.33 | 0.00 | −.31 | 0.00 | ||
Institutionalized care | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||||
Pain treatment | −.05 (.04) | 0.18 | ||||||
SSDMDb | −.11 (.04) | 0.00 | −.10 (.04) | 0.01 | ||||
Enhancing rehabilitation | −.04 (.05) | 0.38 | ||||||
Nutrition | −.11 (.04) | 0.01 | −.08 (.04) | 0.09 | ||||
Falls prevention | −.11 (.04) | 0.02 | −.10 (.04) | 0.03 | ||||
Palliative/end of life care | −.01 (.04) | 0.73 | ||||||
Multidimensional assessment of function | .01 (.04) | 0.85 | ||||||
Pharmacological treatment | .02 (.04) | 0.63 | ||||||
The Act for Elderly Care | .17 (.06) | 0.00 | .16 (.06) | 0.01 | ||||
Quality recommendations for elderly care | .13 (.06) | 0.02 | .11 (.06) | 0.06 | ||||
National memory policy | .19 (.06) | 0.00 | .17 (.06) | 0.01 | ||||
Prevention of accidentsc | −.014 (.09) | 0.87 | ||||||
Development program for informal care | −.00 (.07) | 0.97 | ||||||
Rho-value | .14 | .15 | .13 | .13 | ||||