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. 2010 Mar 11;10:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-10-12

Table 3.

Main nursing factors leading to hospitalization of patients with LRTIs

Low Risk CAP patients (PSI class I-III) High risk CAP patients (PSI class IV-V)

(n = 181) (n = 215)
Physicians Nurses Patients Relatives P values Physicians Nurses Patients Relatives P values

(n = 167) (n = 154) (n = 158) (n = 45) (n = 200) (n = 182) (n = 178) (n = 67)

Support in activities of daily living 54.2 36.8 50.9 36.8 0.01 46.9 40.1 43.4 34.2 <0.001

Oral drug intake 3.4 16.7 12.3 10.5 0.75 3.4 9.7 8.5 12.3 <0.001

Personal hygiene 11.9 18.4 24.6 26.3 0.7 18.3 22.8 20.2 21.9 0.02

Mobility 18.6 13.2 10.5 15.8 0.08 22.3 18 20.2 17.8 0.034

Others 8.5 14 1.8 5.3 0.16 2.3 5.6 5.4 8.2 0.04

Patients with acute bronchitis Patients with ECOPD

(n = 45) (n = 103)

Physicians Nurses Patients Relatives P values Physicians Nurses Patients Relatives P values

(n = 40) (n = 35) (n = 39) (n = 10) (n = 94) (n = 86) (n = 86) (n = 29)

Support in activities of daily living 45.5 54.2 52.4 33.3 <0.001 52.5 34.5 46.7 60 <0.001

Dementia 3 0 0 0 0.57 3.3 1.8 0 6.7 0.23

Oral drug intake 12.1 12.5 9.5 16.7 0.01 4.9 15.9 13.3 13.3 0.003

Personal hygiene 21.2 12.5 23.8 33.3 0.03 14.8 20.4 13.3 6.7 0.02

Mobility 15.2 8.3 14.3 16.7 0.03 19.7 16.8 17.8 13.3 0.02

Others 3 12.5 0 0 0.004 4.9 10.6 8.9 0 0.23