Table 3.
Call-light related characteristics: The results as the variables reported by frequencies
| All (n = 808) | Hosp. 1 (n = 459) | Hosp. 2 (n = 119) | Hosp. 3 (n = 47) | Hosp. 4 (n = 183) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable/Frequency (valid percent) | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | |
| Selection of the reasons of patient-initiated call lights: | Note: For each reason, the frequencies that were ≥ 90% are in bold. | |||||
| (1) Extremely urgent medical problem | 546 (68) | 318 (69) | 78 (66) | 31 (66) | 119 (65) | |
| (2) Bathroom assistance | 778 (96) | 442 (96) | 114 (96) | 45 (96) | 177 (97) | |
| (3) Intravenous problems/pump alarm | 770 (95) | 436 (95) | 114 (96) | 46 (98) | 174 (95) | |
| (4) Pain medication and management | 779 (96) | 442 (96) | 114 (96) | 47 (100) | 176 (96) | |
| (5) Repositioning or transfer | 746 (92) | 425 (93) | 110 (92) | 43 (92) | 168 (92) | |
| (6) Personal assistance | 758 (94) | 428 (93) | 111 (93) | 46 (98) | 173 (95) | |
| (7) Obtaining information | 680 (84) | 375 (82) | 105 (88) | 43 (92) | 157 (86) | |
| (8) Getting attention only | 609 (75) | 357 (78) | 86 (72) | 39 (83) | 127 (69) | |
| (9) Demanding a nurse's presence | 655 (81) | 371 (81) | 101 (85) | 39 (83) | 144 (79) | |
| (10) Accidentally pushed the call light | 749 (93) | 425 (93) | 108 (91) | 43 (92) | 173 (95) | |
| The frequency of each identified reason being ranked as the most prevalent reason: | Note: Each participant may assign two or more than two of the selected reasons the same frequency level. The highest three frequencies for each reason are in bold. | |||||
| (1) Extremely urgent medical problem | 7 (1.5) | 3 (1) | 2 (3) | 2 (7) | 1 (1) | |
| (2) Bathroom assistance | 438 (57) | 217 (50) | 69 (62) | 26 (58) | 126 (72) | |
| (3) Intravenous problems/pump alarm | 193 (25) | 127 (29) | 23 (21) | 12 (26) | 31 (18) | |
| (4) Pain medication and management | 324 (42) | 196 (45) | 36 (32) | 17 (36) | 75 (43) | |
| (5) Repositioning or transfer | 78 (11) | 35 (8) | 6 (6) | 6 (14) | 31 (19) | |
| (6) Personal assistance | 130 (17) | 72 (17) | 16(15) | 9 (20) | 33 (19) | |
| (7) Obtaining information | 28 (4) | 7 (2) | 5 (5) | 6 (14) | 10 (7) | |
| (8) Getting attention only | 23 (4) | 12 (4) | 4 (5) | 4 (11) | 3 (3) | |
| (9) Demanding a nurse's presence | 19 (3) | 11 (3) | 2 (2) | 1 (10) | 2 (2) | |
| (10) Accidentally pushed the call light | 20 (3) | 11 (3) | 2 (2) | 6 (14) | 1 (1) | |
| Variable/Frequency (valid percent) | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | Freq. (%) | Pearson χ2 test (P) |
| Opinion whether most of the call lights matter to patients' safety? | χ2 = 31. 78 (P = .001**, Phi = .21) | |||||
| Yes | 373 (49) | 182 (42) | 50 (49) | 24 (55) | 117 (67) | |
| No | 380 (51) | 225 (58) | 53 (51) | 22 (46) | 57 (33) | |
| Opinion whether most of the calls require nursing staff's attention and nursing care? | χ2 = 4.02 (P = .26) | |||||
| Yes | 406 (52) | 227 (51) | 68 (60) | 25 (54) | 86 (49) | |
| No | 372 (48) | 215 (49) | 45 (40) | 21 (46) | 91 (51) | |
| Opinion whether most of the reasons for call lights are meaningful? | χ2 = 7.16 (P = .07) | |||||
| Yes | 604 (77) | 328 (74) | 89 (79) | 39 (83) | 148 (83) | |
| No | 177 (23) | 115 (25) | 24 (21) | 8 (17) | 30 (17) | |
| Opinion whether answering call lights prevents you from doing the critical aspects of your role? | χ2 = 9.25 (P = .03*, Phi = .11) | |||||
| Yes | 408 (53) | 250 (57) | 61 (56) | 21 (46) | 75 (44) | |
| No | 356 (47) | 189 (43) | 48 (44) | 25 (54) | 94 (56) | |
*P < .05.
**P < .01.