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. 2008 Apr 30;23(8):1222–1227. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0582-4

Table 4.

Comparison of Improvement in Individual and Total Comfort Scores between Control and Intervention Groups

Item z score p value
“How comfortable do you feel assessing a patient’s pain level?” −2.31 .02*
“How comfortable do you feel dosing morphine for severe pain?” −1.87 .06
“How comfortable do you feel treating nausea at the end-of-life?” −1.92 .06
“How comfortable do you feel asking a patient about code status?” −1.90 .06
“How comfortable do you feel treating agitation at the end-of-life?” −0.86 .39
Overall −2.57 .01†

*p < .05 indicating a significantly greater improvement in individual comfort scores in the intervention group compared with the control group.

p < .05 indicating significantly greater improvement in total comfort scores in the intervention group compared with the control group.