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Table 4 Comparison of the mean scores of patient safety dimensions before the use of ENHS in terms of department

From: The effects of electronic nursing handover on patient safety in the general (non-COVID-19) and COVID-19 intensive care units: a quasi-experimental study

 

Patient safety dimensions

Department

p-value*

COVID-19 ICU

General ICU

Paper-based shift handover

Handover quality

64.73 ± 10.694

76.14 ± 9.937

0.006

Handover efficiency

49.60 ± 9.257

57.00 ± 6.961

0.022

Error reduction

45.73 ± 8.084

55.93 ± 5.704

0.001

Handover time

17.33 ± 4.287

20.14 ± 3.255

0.057

  1. * Independent-samples t-test
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