Table 1.
Baseline Nurse Characteristics
| Usual Care | BCST | AAC-SLP | Total | P-value | |||||||
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| CTICU (n=5) | MICU (n=5) | CTICU (n=5) | MICU (n=5) | CTICU (n=5) | MICU (n=5) | CTICU (n=15) | MICU (n=15) | Group | Unit | Group by Unit | |
| Total (n=10 | Total (n=10) | Total (n=10) | Total (N=30) | ||||||||
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| Age (years) | 43.2±11.7 | 40.4±5.3 | 30.0±12.4 | 30.4±12.3 | 29.6±4.6 | 38.8±1.9 | 34.3±11.5 | 36.5±8.5 | .03 | .50 | .33 |
| 41.8±8.7 | 30.2±11.6 | 34.2+5.9 | 35.4+10.0 | ||||||||
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| Female* | 3 (60) | 5 (100) | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 5 (100) | 3 (60) | 12 (80) | 12 (80) | 1.00 | NA | .49 |
| 8 (80) | 8 (80) | 8 (80) | 24 (80) | ||||||||
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| Bachelors degree* | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 5 (100) | 5 (100) | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | 12 (80) | 11 (73) | .08 | NA | 1.00 |
| 8 (80) | 10 (100) | 5 (50) | 23 (77) | ||||||||
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| Nursing Experience (years) | 13.4±12.1 | 17.8±6.1 | 8.8±13.6 | 7.8±14.1 | 5.0±3.7 | 7.8±7.9 | 9.1±10.5 | 11.1±10.5 | .13 | .59 | .84 |
| 15.6±9.3 | 8.3±13.1 | 6.4±6.0 | 10.2±10.3 | ||||||||
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| Critical Care Experience (years) | 12.0±12.4 | 10.6±5.5 | 8.0±12.4 | 5.6±9.2 | 2.4±0.6 | 4.6±5.3 | 7.5±10.2 | 6.9±6.9 | .15 | .87 | .82 |
| 11.3±9.1 | 6.8±10.3 | 3.5±3.7 | 7.3±8.5 | ||||||||
Note: Mean and Standard Deviation reported for continuous data (Mean + SD) and count and percentages (n, (%)) reported for categorical data.
Abbreviations: BCST- Basic Communication Skills Training, AAC-SLP- Basic Communication Skills Training and electronic augmentative and alternative communication device education with an individualized speech language pathologist consultation, p-value from an F-test from two-way Analysis of Variance
*
p-value using exact estimation in binary logistic regression