Table 1.
Mean Values of Patients and Nurses on Caring Subscales in Rank Order and Their Comparison
| Care-Q Subscales | Patients (n = 200) | Nurse (n = 40) | U. b | Z | P. c | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD* | ranking | (CI**) | Mean ± SD | ranking | (CI) | ||||
| "Monitors and follows through" (8 items) | 4.32 ± 0.41 | 1 | (4.26-4.38) | 4.42 ± 0.44 | 1 | (4.27-4/56) | 3355.50 | -1.615 | 0.106 |
| "Being accessible" (6 items) | 4.32 ± 0.44 | 2 | (4.25-4.38) | 4.19 ± 0.37 | 2 | (4.07-4.31) | 3194.50 | -2.024 | 0.043* |
| "Anticipates" (5 items) | 4.19 ± 0.57 | 3 | (4.11-4.27) | 4.12 ± 0.49 | 3 | (3.96-4.27) | 3659.00 | -0.857 | 0.391 |
| "Explains and facilitates" (9 items) | 4.17 ± 0.49 | 4 | (4.10-4.24) | 4.00 ± 0.53 | 4 | (3.83-4.17) | 3133.00 | -2.168 | 0.030 * |
| "Comforts" (11 items) | 4.06 ± 0.50 | 5 | (4.00-4.13) | 3.96 ± 0.51 | 5 | (3.79-4.12) | 3428.50 | -1.429 | 0.153 |
| "Trusting relationship" (18 items) | 3.95 ± 0.45 | 6 | (3.89-4.02) | 3.83 ± 0.56 | 6 | (3.65-4.01) | 3726.00 | -0.684 | 0.494 |
*. Highest possible mean = 5, lowest possible mean = 1 **. Confidence Interval
b. Mann-Whitney U test c. p < 0.05