Table 3.

Time required for nurses to enter patient data in the nursing system stratified by the patient wards.

Characteristic			Use group		No-use group		P value
Internal medicine, median (IQR)
	Single-choice items registered	55 (49-63)		54 (49-63)		.78
	Multiple choice items registered	15 (12-19)		15 (11-19)		.49
	Sum of characters entered	222 (144-331)		216 (122-332)		.27
	Input time (minutes)	8.9 (6.0-14.6)		10.9 (7.1-19.0)		<.001
Surgery, median (IQR)
	Single-choice items registered	56 (50-64)		57 (51-64)		.47
	Multiple choice items registered	16 (12-20)		15 (11-19)		.01
	Sum of characters entered	253 (163-368)		208 (143-288)		<.001
	Input time (minutes)	9.7 (6.4-15.5)		10.0 (6.6-16.2)		.50