Table 2 Text topics of medication communication challenges in hospitals: an analysis of the responses to open-ended questions (N=223)
Topic number | Filtered words/terms forming the topic † (The original terms in Finnish are presented below in parentheses) | Term cut-off | Document cut-off | Number of terms | Number of documents including the topic | Highest weight for one word in the word combination of the topic | Topic names given by the authors (Numbered according to the number of documents including the topic) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | documenting + physician + verbal + prescription + to document (kirjaaminen + lääkäri + suullinen + määräys + kirjata) | 0.102 | 0.179 | 18 | 54 | 0.452 | 2. Discrepancies between written notes and verbally given prescriptions |
2 | ward round + prescriptions given outside of ward round + new + outside + stay (lääkärinkierto + lääkärinkierron ulkopuoli tehtävä lääke-määräykset + uusi + ulkopuoli + jäädä) | 0.103 | 0.135 | 20 | 36 | 0.309 | 5. Failure to notice prescriptions documented outside the ward rounds |
3 | medicine + patient + give + all + medication care (lääke + potilas + antaa + kaikki + lääkehoito) | 0.103 | 0.153 | 23 | 57 | 0.38 | 1. Ambiguity around whether the patient has been given all their medication |
4 | medication list + list + patient + being + to set (lääkelista + lista + potilas + oleva + laittaa) | 0.103 | 0.12 | 27 | 24 | 0.399 | 6. Challenges in updating the medication list for the patient |
5 | transfer + other + unit + gap + software (siirto + toinen + yksikkö + väli + tietojärjestelmä) | 0.101 | 0.175 | 13 | 46 | 0.505 | 4. Non-communicable software during the transition between units |
6 | software + challenge + usage + different/diverse + new (tietojärjestelmä + haaste + käyttö + eri + uusi) | 0.102 | 0.162 | 18 | 50 | 0.482 | 3. Challenges related to the use of diverse/new software |