Table.
Number of variables found in hospital records, discharge letters, and final reports, and patients’ evaluation of doctors’ and nurses’ behaviour, in September 1994 before intervention and again in October 1995
| September 1994
|
October 1995
|
P value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No evaluated |
No (%) found |
No evaluated |
No (%) found |
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| Hospital record | ||||||
| Occupation† | 324 | 121 (37) | 500 | 264 (53) | <0.001 | |
| Marital status‡ | 324 | 201 (62) | 500 | 325 (65) | 0.41 | |
| Smoking | 324 | 172 (53) | 496 | 343 (69) | <0.001 | |
| Alcohol‡ | 324 | 74 (23) | 496 | 165 (33) | <0.01 | |
| General physical condition | 338 | 211 (62) | 532 | 379 (71) | <0.01 | |
| Glandular enlargement‡ | 338 | 208 (62) | 532 | 221 (42) | <0.001 | |
| Blood pressure | 338 | 307 (91) | 532 | 487 (92) | 0.71 | |
| Pulse‡ | 338 | 310 (92) | 532 | 482 (91) | 0.63 | |
| Initial discharge letter | ||||||
| Copy in hospital record: | 447 | 166 (37) | 601 | 424 (71) | <0.001 | |
| Information on drugs‡ | 166 | 138 (83) | 424 | 397 (94) | <0.001 | |
| Next follow up‡ | 166 | 107 (65) | 424 | 267 (63) | 0.81 | |
| Final discharge report | ||||||
| Information on drugs | 444 | 345 (78) | 606 | 521 (86) | <0.01 | |
| Next follow up‡ | 444 | 274 (62) | 606 | 356 (59) | 0.34 | |
| Behaviour of doctors | 322 | 328 | 0.059 | |||
| Excellent | 133 (41) | 163 (50) | ||||
| Very good | 127 (39) | 113 (35) | ||||
| Good | 53 (17) | 49 (15) | ||||
| Fair | 4 (1) | 3 (1) | ||||
| Poor | 5 (2) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Behaviour of nurses | 322 | 328 | 0.395 | |||
| Excellent | 189 (59) | 191 (58) | ||||
| Very good | 103 (32) | 103 (31) | ||||
| Good | 30 (9) | 31 (10) | ||||
| Fair | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | ||||
| Poor | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||
*
September 1994 v October 1995.
†
Fewer records evaluated for history taking than for physical examination as some patients gave inadequate information.
‡
Not disclosed to staff during intervention.