Table 2.
Distributions of parents’ answers to survey questions about conversations with the NICU staff
| Survey questions | Answers |
Number (%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurses | Doctors | |||
| 1. How satisfied are you with the conversations you have had? |
Very satisfied |
190 (70.4) |
167 (62.3) |
0.03* |
| Fairly satisfied |
68 (25.2) |
61 (22.8) |
||
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied |
10 (3.7) |
37 (13.8) |
||
| Fairly dissatisfied |
1 (0.4) |
2 (0.7) |
||
| Very dissatisfied |
1 (0.4) |
1 (0.4) |
||
| Total |
270 (100) |
268 (100) |
||
| 2. How easy has it been for you to communicate with nurses/doctors in the NICU? |
Very easy |
184 (68.4) |
158 (59.2) |
0.001* |
| Fairly easy |
74 (27.5) |
75 (28.1) |
||
| Neither easy nor difficult |
8 (3.0) |
31 (11.6) |
||
| Fairly difficult |
3 (1.1) |
2 (0.7) |
||
| Very difficult |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
||
| Total |
269 (100) |
267 (100) |
||
| 3. Have you received answers to your questions? |
Yes |
256 (95.2) |
247 (92.5) |
0.194 |
| No |
13 (4.8) |
20 (7.5) |
||
| Total |
269 (100) |
267 (100) |
||
| 4. Have the answers you have received been easy to understand? |
Yes, always easy |
114 (42.2) |
143 (53.8) |
0.071 |
| Yes, almost always easy |
143 (53.0) |
91 (34.2) |
||
| Neither easy nor difficult |
8 (3.0) |
22 (8.3) |
||
| No, not always easy |
5 (1.9) |
10 (3.8) |
||
| No, often not easy |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
||
| No, almost never easy |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
||
| Total |
270 (100) |
266 (100) |
||
| 5. Have the instructions/information that you have received about the care of your child been easy to understand? |
Yes, always easy |
151 (56.3) |
155 (58.1) |
0.253 |
| Yes, almost always easy |
106 (39.6) |
73 (27.3) |
||
| Neither easy nor difficult |
6 (2.2) |
31 (11.6) |
||
| No, not always easy |
5 (1.9) |
7 (2.6) |
||
| No, often not easy |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
||
| No, almost never easy |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
||
| Total |
268 (100) |
267 (100) |
||
| 6. How well do you feel that the staff you talked to in the NICU understood your emotional situation? |
Very well |
154 (57.0) |
136 (51.5) |
0.001* |
| Fairly well |
84 (31.1) |
59 (22.3) |
||
| Neither well not poor |
28 (10.4) |
61 (23.1) |
||
| Not very well |
3 (1.1) |
5 (2.0) |
||
| Not at all well |
1 (0.4) |
3 (1.1) |
||
| Total |
270 (100) |
264 (100) |
||
| 7. Did you feel the NICU staff encouraged you to participate in caring for your child? |
Very well |
178 (66.2) |
143 (54.2) |
0.0001* |
| Fairly well |
69 (25.7) |
35 (13.3) |
||
| Neither well not poor |
16 (5.9) |
79 (29.9) |
||
| Not very well |
6 (2.2) |
4 (1.5) |
||
| Not at all well |
0 (0) |
3 (1.1) |
||
| Total |
269 (100) |
264 (100) |
||
| 8. Was there something you felt was missing in communication with NICU staff? |
Yes |
73 (27.2) |
56 (21.2) |
0.101 |
| No |
194 (72.4) |
208 (78.8) |
||
| Total | 267 (100) | 264 (100) | ||
Friedman’s test was used to compare the distribution of answers regarding doctors and nurses. * Represents significant difference between the distribution of answers regarding doctors and nurses (p<0.05).