Table 2.
Patients' Rankings of the 10 Most Important Caring Behaviors and Their Comparison to Nurses' (n = 200)
| Care-Q items | Subscale a | Patients | U. b | Z | P. c | Nurses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Mean ± SD) | Ranking | (Mean ± SD) | Ranking | |||||
|
1- "Gives the patients' treatments and medications on time" |
AC |
(4.83 ± 0.43) |
1 |
3794.0 |
-0.85 |
0.39 |
(4.90 ± 0.30) |
1 |
|
2- "Knows how to give shots, I.V.s, etc, and how to manage equipment like I.V.s, suction machines, etc" |
M&F |
(4.77 ± 0.47) |
2 |
3952.5 |
-0.16 |
0.86 |
(4.79 ± 0.40) |
2 |
|
3- "Carry out therapeutic care skillfully to make at least suffering for patients" |
C |
(4.68 ± 0.52) |
3 |
3438.0 |
-1.73 |
0.08 |
(4.52 ± 0.59) |
6 |
| 4- "Checks on the patients frequently" | AC | (4.66 ± 0.54) | 4 | 2439.5 | -4.58 | 0.00* | (4.22± 0.61) | 21 |
| 5- "Is cheerful" | C | (4.65 ± 0.67) | 5 | 1968.5 | -6.05 | 0.00* | (3.93±0.80) | 35 |
| 6- "Is patient even with 'difficult' patients" | C | (4.64 ± 0.69) | 6 | 2404.5 | -4.79 | 0.00* | (4.16± 0.73) | 25 |
| 7- "Is well organized" | M&F | (4.64 ± 0.61) | 7 | 3230.0 | -2.33 | 0.02* | (4.39±0.80) | 12 |
| 8- "Is calm" | M&F | (4.57 ± 0.66) | 8 | 3564.5 | -1.27 | 0.20 | (4.43 ± 0.74) | 8 |
| 9- "Gives a quick response to the patients' call" | AC | (4.57 ± 0.65) | 9 | 3169.0 | -2.40 | 0.01* | (4.28±0.78) | 15 |
|
10- "Is perceptive of the patients' needs and plans and acts accordingly" |
AN |
(4.55 ± 0.65) |
10 |
3543.0 |
-1.32 |
0.18 |
(4.42 ± 0.67) |
9 |
a. AC = "Being accessible"; M&F = "Monitors and follows through"; C = "Comforts"; AN = "Anticipates";
b. Mann-Whitney U test c. p < 0.05 *. Confidence Interval