Table 3.
Results of Paired t-Tests With Preintervention and Postintervention Means and SDs for the Full Sample and by Health care Provider Role From the Surveya
| Full sample | Before |
After |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Q1: I am confident in my knowledge of the current institutional best practices in place to reduce inpatient falls. | 4.1 (1.1) | 4.4 (0.8) | .05 |
| Q2: I am confident in my ability to operate the inpatient bed alarms. | 4.5 (1.1) | 4.8 (0.8) | .08 |
| Q3: I am confident in my ability to operate the inpatient chair alarms. | 4.1 (1.5) | 4.7 (0.8) | .005 |
| Q4: Before leaving a patient’s room, how often do you assess whether the bed alarm/chair alarm is on? | 4.2 (1.1) | 4.6 (0.6) | .004 |
| Q5: Before leaving the patient’s room, how often do you assess whether the call light is within the patient’s reach? | 4.5 (0.9) | 4.6 (0.6) | .24 |
| Q6: Education on fall prevention best practices will increase (or has increased) my confidence in reducing inpatient falls. | 4.5 (0.9) | 4.3 (0.9) | .17 |
| Q7: Education on operating the inpatient bed alarms and chair alarms will improve (or has improved) my ability to operate the inpatient bed alarms and chair alarms. | 3.6 (1.1) | 4.4 (0.8) | <.001 |
| Residents | Before |
After |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Q1: I am confident in my knowledge of the current institutional best practices in place to reduce inpatient falls. | 2.6 (1.0) | 4.1 (1.2) | .006 |
| Q2: I am confident in my ability to operate the inpatient bed alarms. | 3.0 (1.3) | 4.5 (1.2) | .02 |
| Q3: I am confident in my ability to operate the inpatient chair alarms. | 1.5 (0.9) | 4.3 (1.1) | <.001 |
| Q4: Before leaving a patient’s room, how often do you assess whether the bed alarm/chair alarm is on? | 2.3 (1.1) | 4.0 (0.7) | .001 |
| Q5: Before leaving the patient’s room, how often do you assess whether the call light is within the patient’s reach? | 3.3 (1.3) | 4.0 (0.6) | .82 |
| Q6: Education on fall prevention best practices will increase (or has increased) my confidence in reducing inpatient falls. | 4.8 (0.5) | 4.8 (0.5) | 1.00 |
| Q7: Education on operating the inpatient bed alarms and chair alarms will improve (or has improved) my ability to operate the inpatient bed alarms and chair alarms. | 4.6 (0.5) | 4.8 (0.4) | .92 |
| Nurses | Before |
After |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Q1: I am confident in my knowledge of the current institutional best practices in place to reduce inpatient falls. | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.6 (0.5) | .18 |
| Q2: I am confident in my ability to operate the inpatient bed alarms. | 4.7 (0.8) | 4.9 (0.3) | .28 |
| Q3: I am confident in my ability to operate the inpatient chair alarms. | 4.6 (1.1) | 4.8 (0.4) | .20 |
| Q4: Before leaving a patient’s room, how often do you assess whether the bed alarm/chair alarm is on? | 4.6 (0.6) | 4.7 (0.4) | .26 |
| Q5: Before leaving the patient’s room, how often do you assess whether the call light is within the patient’s reach? | 4.8 (0.5) | 4.7 (0.5) | .45 |
| Q6: Education on fall prevention best practices will increase (or has increased) my confidence in reducing inpatient falls. | 4.3 (1.1) | 3.9 (0.9) | .27 |
| Q7: Education on operating the inpatient bed alarms and chair alarms will improve (or has improved) my ability to operate the inpatient bed alarms and chair alarms. | 3.2 (1.0) | 4.2 (0.7) | <.001 |
| Support staff | Before |
After |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Q1: I am confident in my knowledge of the current institutional best practices in place to reduce inpatient falls. | 4.7 (0.5) | 4.3 (1.2) | .31 |
| Q2: I am confident in my ability to operate the inpatient bed alarms. | 5.0 (0) | 4.7 (1.2) | .34 |
| Q3: I am confident in my ability to operate the inpatient chair alarms. | 4.9 (0.3) | 4.7 (1.2) | .71 |
| Q4: Before leaving a patient’s room, how often do you assess whether the bed alarm/chair alarm is on? | 4.7 (0.5) | 4.7 (0.5) | 1.00 |
| Q5: Before leaving the patient’s room, how often do you assess whether the call light is within the patient’s reach? | 4.8 (0.5) | 4.9 (0.3) | .34 |
| Q6: Education on fall prevention best practices will increase (or has increased) my confidence in reducing inpatient falls. | 4.8 (0.5) | 4.4 (0.9) | .31 |
| Q7: Education on operating the inpatient bed alarms and chair alarms will improve (or has improved) my ability to operate the inpatient bed alarms and chair alarms. | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.9) | .14 |
Significant (P<.05) differences are emboldened.
Likert-style scale rated from (1) strongly disagree to (5) strongly agree for Q1-3 and Q6 and Q7, and assessing frequency from (1) never to (5) always for Q4 and Q5.
a
Q, question.