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. 2010 Jun 21;5(6):e11246. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011246

Table 3. Mean Values for Team Composition, Patient load, and Duration of Location and Activities Observed on Rounds Vary by Specialty.

Internal Medicine (n = 22 observations) Pediatrics (n = 29 observations) unadjusted p-valuesa adjusted p-valuesb
Minutes on rounds, mean (SD) 104.8 (40.8) 124.1 (36.1) 0.09 0.44
Patient census, mean (SD) 8.9 (2.51) 13.9 (8.4) 0.005 0.04
Care Team
Total number of physicians, mean (SD) 4.1 (2.2) 8.2 (3.7) <.001 <.001
Total number of medical students, mean (SD) 1.5 (0.8) 1.5 (1.2)
Total number nursing & other medical staff, mean (SD) 2.4 (1.8) 11.9 (7.0) <.001 <.001
Location (minutes)
Conference room, mean (SD) 31.3 (44.4) 12.7 (16.4) 0.07 0.44
Bedside, mean (SD) 38.2 (29.3) 14.6 (12.5) 0.001 0.01
Bedside minutes per patient, mean (SD) 4.8 (4.1) 1.9 (1.9) 0.01 0.05
Hallways, mean (SD) 35.2 (29.5) 96.9 (31.6) <.001 <.001
Content (minutes)
New patient discussion, mean (SD) 19.0 (29.6) 21.3 (20.9) 0.77 1.00
New patient discussion per new patient, mean (SD) 11.1 (10.9) 8.3 (5.1) 0.42 1.00
Old patient discussion, mean (SD) 28.5 (22.5) 53.1 (23.6) <.001 <.001
Old patient discussion per old patient, mean (SD) 3.8 (2.1) 8.2 (5.3) <.001 <.001
Patient & family interaction, mean (SD) 24.8 (16.3) 16.7 (10.3) 0.05 0.35
Patient & family interaction per patient, mean (SD) 3.1 (2.3) 2.0 (1.8) 0.09 0.44
Educational activities, mean (SD) 10.3 (13.3) 7.6 (8.2) 0.40 1.00
Staff communication, mean (SD) 1.8 (2.4) 2.8 (2.5)
Data review, mean (SD) 3.2 (5.3) 2.1 (3.9)
Other activities, mean (SD) 16.4 (11.1) 20.5 (11.0)
a

Unadjusted p-values calculated from a two group t-test.

b

adjusted p-values represent the Holm correction for multiple comparisons. All p-values are two-sided.

Bold text indicates significance of .05 or less.

Grey box indicates no significance test was performed.