From: Older adult experience of care and staffing on hospital and community wards: a cross-sectional study
Predictor | N wards | N patients | βa | 95% CI | p |
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Patient characteristics | |||||
Patient sex | |||||
Male (vs. female) | 122 | 3735 | 0.26 | −0.49 to 1.01 | 0.50 |
Patient age (years) | 122 | 3933 | −0.17 | −0.62 to 0.27 | 0.45 |
Patient ethnicity | |||||
Black & ethnic minority (vs. white) | 122 | 3879 | −0.41 | −1.88 to 1.07 | 0.59 |
Ward characteristics | |||||
Ward age range | |||||
Mixed-age (vs. older-adult) | 122 | 4134 | −1.06 | −2.68 to 0.56 | 0.20 |
Ward type | |||||
Post-acute (vs. acute) | 122 | 4134 | 1.37 | −1.37 to 4.12 | 0.33 |
Community (vs. acute) | 4.84 | 1.42 to 8.25 | < 0.01 | ||
Number of patients per staff member | 115 | 4044 | −1.43 | −2.74 to −0.14 | 0.03 |
Number of patients per registered nurse | 115 | 4044 | 0.16 | −0.22 to 0.54 | 0.40 |
Number of patients per HCA | 115 | 4044 | −0.42 | −0.66 to − 0.17 | < 0.01 |
Number of HCAs per registered nurse | 115 | 4044 | 1.91 | 0.26 to 3.56 | 0.02 |
Interaction between number of patients per registered nurse and number of patients per HCA | 115 | 4044 | −0.09 | −0.24 to 0.07 | 0.26 |
Interaction between patient sex and number of patients per staff member | 115 | 3653 | −0.31 | −1.44 to 0.82 | 0.59 |
Interaction between patient sex and number of patients per nurse | 115 | 3653 | 0.05 | −0.26 to 0.37 | 0.75 |
Interaction between patient sex and number of patients per HCA | 115 | 3653 | −0.13 | −0.40 to 0.14 | 0.35 |
Mean staff perceived time to care | 117 | 4051 | 4.42 | 2.26 to 6.58 | < 0.01 |