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Table 2 Nurses’ attitudes toward different patient care system alarms (N = 82)

From: Implementation and experience of an innovative smart patient care system: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

N (%)

TPCS

(n = 57)

SPCS

(n = 25)

P-value

Most annoying alarm

 Normal call

6 (7.3%)

4 (7.0%)

2 (8.0%)

.868

 Emergency call

49 (59.8%)

33 (57.9%)

16 (64.0%)

 

 Bed-exit alert

27 (32.9%)

20 (35.1%)

7 (28.0%)

 

 Desktop phone call

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 None

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Most cumbersome alarm

 Normal call

6 (7.3%)

4 (7.0%)

2 (8.0%)

.005

 Emergency call

47 (57.3%)

39 (68.4%)

8 (32.0%)

 

 Bed-exit alert

23 (28.1%)

12 (21.1%)

11 (44.0%)

 

 Desktop phone call

1 (1.2%)

1 (1.8%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 None

5 (6.1%)

1 (1.8%)

4 (16.0%)

 

Most time-consuming alarm

 Normal call

12 (14.6%)

7 (12.3%)

5 (20.0%)

.003

 Emergency call

34 (41.5%)

29 (50.1%)

5 (20.0%)

 

 Bed-exit alert

26 (31.7%)

18 (31.6%)

8 (32.0%)

 

 Desktop phone call

2 (2.4%)

1 (1.8%)

1 (4.0%)

 

 None

8 (9.8%)

2 (3.5%)

6 (24.0%)

 

Most easily ignorable alarm

 Normal call

10 (12.2%)

8 (14.0%)

2 (8.0%)

.024

 Emergency call

3 (3.6%)

2 (3.5%)

1 (4.0%)

 

 Bed-exit alert

40 (48.8%)

32 (56.1%)

8 (32.0%)

 

 Desktop phone call

9 (11.0%)

7 (12.3%)

2 (8.0%)

 

 None

20 (24.4%)

8 (14.0%)

12 (48.0%)

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