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Table 5 Context scorings in intervention and control units at baseline

From: Effects of computer reminders on complications of peripheral venous catheters and nurses’ adherence to a guideline in paediatric care—a cluster randomised study

 

Intervention units

Control units

Fisher’s exact test

 

RNs, n (%)

RNs, n (%)

p value

Context dimensions

RNs = 108

RNs = 104

0.890

 Leadership

104 (96.3)

102 (98.1)

  Mean (SD)

3.4 (0.8)

3.6 (0.8)

  Higha

52 (50.0)

50 (49.0)

  Lowb

52 (50.0)

52 (51.0)

 Culture

104 (96.3)

103 (99.0)

0.037

  Mean (SD)

4.0 (0.5)

3.8 (0.7)

  Higha

85 (81.7)

71 (68.9)

  Lowb

19 (18.3)

32 (31.1)

 Evaluation

105 (96.3)

100 (96.2)

0.759

  Mean (SD)

3.1 (0.7)

3.0 (0.9)

  Higha

29 (27.6)

30 (30.0)

  Lowb

76 (72.4)

70 (70.0)

Context groupsc

RNs = 101

RNs = 97

 

 High contextd

14 (13.9)

22 (22.7)

 

 Moderately high contexte

44 (43.6)

22 (22.7)

 

 Moderately low contextf

31 (30.7)

34 (35.1)

 

 Low contextg

12 (11.9)

19 (19.6)

 
  1. aHigh = individual mean score >3.5
  2. bLow = individual mean score ≤3.5
  3. cSignificant difference (p = 0.013) in the distribution of the different context groups between intervention and control units
  4. dHigh scores on all context dimensions
  5. eHigh on two dimension and low on one
  6. fHigh on one dimension and low on two
  7. gLow scores on all dimensions