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Table 5 Staff reporting difficulty when working with patients and carers: by clinical status

From: Impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program on acute hospital staff satisfaction

Self-rated measures

Pre-Intervention

Post-Intervention

P

n

%

n

%

Difficulty working with patients with dementia, delirium or memory and thinking difficulties

 Clinical staff

722

89.6

318

80.6

0.001**

 Non clinical staff

144

28.4

26

46.7

0.220

 All staff

944

82.2

418

78.5

0.220

Difficulty working with the carer or family of patients with dementia, delirium or memory and thinking difficulties

 Clinical staff

720

65.9

317

49.1

< 0.001**

 Non clinical staff

142

15.4

26

7.1

0.680

 All staff

939

58.4

415

47.8

0.004*

  1. *Significant at the 0.05 level
  2. ** Significant at the 0.001 level