Table 4.
Patients with severe breathing pattern alteration evaluated with NOC taxonomy.
| NOC Indicators | NR n (%) |
SeC n (%) |
SuC n (%) |
MoD n (%) |
MiC n (%) |
NC n (%) |
χ2 | p < 0.05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventilation | 50 (61.7%) | 7 (8.6%) | 7 (8.6%) | 13 (16.0%) | 3 (3.7%) | 1 (1.2%) | 22.49 | 0.001 |
| Selfconcept | 77 (95.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.2%) | 1 (1.2%) | 9.45 | 0.092 |
| Infectious risk control | 65 (80.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (4.9%) | 5 (6.2%) | 6 (7.4%) | 1 (1.2%) | 6.48 | 0.232 |
| Gas exchange | 48 (59.3%) | 1 (1.2%) | 9 (11.1%) | 12 (14.8%) | 9 (11.1%) | 2 (2.5%) | 7.309 | 0.293 |
| Airway patency | 61 (75.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (4.9%) | 9 (11.1%) | 6 (7.4%) | 1 (1.2%) | 9.27 | 0.159 |
| Blood glucose level | 53 (65.4%) | 1 (1.2%) | 10 (12.3%) | 9 (11.1%) | 7 (8.6%) | 1 (1.2%) | 13.48 | 0.036 |
| Tissue integrity: skin | 54 (66.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.5%) | 18 (22.2%) | 6 (7.4%) | 1 (1.2%) | 23.20 | 0.001 |
| Acceptance: health status | 61 (75.3%) | 1 (1.2%) | 6 (7.4%) | 6 (7.4%) | 4 (4.9%) | 3 (3.7%) | 13.81 | 0.032 |
| Respiratory status | 36 (44.4%) | 2 (2.5%) | 15 (18.5%) | 17 (21.0%) | 10 (12.3%) | 1 (1.2%) | 21.36 | 0.002 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 75 (92.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.5%) | 3 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.2%) | 11.78 | 0.067 |
| Preventing Aspiration | 75 (92.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.5%) | 1 (1.2%) | 2 (2.5%) | 1 (1.2%) | 7.53 | 0.275 |
Note: the patient’s health status was evaluated using the Likert scale (NOC): NR = No record, SeC = Seriously compromised, SuC = Substantially compromised, MoD = Moderately compromised, MiC = Mildly compromised, and NC = Not compromised.