Table 4.

Healthcare workers’ responses to eight statements concerning usefulness of TilThermometer

Item Doing risk assessment with the TilThermometer	Total Mean (SD)	Hospital care units Mean (SD)	Nursing home care units Mean (SD)	P-Value
clarifies what is important connected to the transferring of care recipient	4.1 (0.71)	4.0 (0.75)	4.4 (0.50)	0.027*
reduces unnecessary work loads	3.9 (0.67)	3,8 (0.68)	4.1 (0.62)	0.066
gives management more basis for planning of daily care at the unit	4.0 (0.70)	3.9 (0.69)	4.3 (0.68)	0.093
increases the healthcare workers’ opportunity to participate in decision-making	4.1 (0.64)	4.0 (0.66)	4.3 (0.58)	0.173
gives healthcare workers better feedback from risk assessments	4.1 (0.64)	4.1 (0.73)	4.1 (0.34)	0.708
gives healthcare workers a chance to deal with problems before they become serious	4.2 (0.67)	4.1 (0.70)	4.4 (0.51)	0.030*
fits well with the unit’s needs and working methods	4.1 (0.66)	4.1 (0.69)	4.1 (0.62)	0.918
In my unit, I want us to continue working on risk assessment to promote safe patient handling and movements	4.2 (0.75)	4.1 (0.78)	4.3 (0.68)	0.581

All items’ responses are measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) A higher score indicates a better outcome on each item. *p<0.05