Table 2.
Recording duration and frequencies of spoken words for both patients and nurses at the encounter and utterance levels
| Average (standard deviation) | 25% quartile | 50% quartile | 75% quartile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of audio-recorded patient–nurse encounters (N = 46) | ||||
| Duration of audio-recorded patient–nurse encounters (in min) | 13 (6) | 10 | 11 | 15 |
| Count of spoken words (tokens) in the sample | 1477 (965) | 822 | 1262 | 1797 |
| Count of spoken words (tokens) by patients | 626 (536) | 209 | 501 | 801 |
| Count of spoken words (tokens) by nurses | 851 (625) | 378 | 709 | 1149 |
| Total number of utterances in the sample: patients (N = 1731), nurses (N = 1763) | ||||
| Count of utterances in audio-recorded patient–nurse encounters | 75 (63) | 38 | 66 | 87 |
| Count of spoken words (tokens) in the sample at the utterance level | 19 (35) | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| Count of spoken words (tokens) by the patient at the utterance level | 16 (26) | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Count of spoken words (tokens) by nurses at the utterance level | 22 (43) | 4 | 10 | 23 |