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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Gerontol Nurs. 2014 Feb 5;7(3):113–125. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20140127-02

Table 3.

Individual Interaction Behaviors Across All 4 Sessions (Nurse-Patient Dyad n=38)

Mean±SD Min Max
Positive Nurse Behavior

Proximity with Speech 3.76±0.59 2 4
Visual Contact 3.45±0.89 1 4
Social Politeness 2.95±1.06 0 4
Augments 2.89±1.03 0 4
Physical Contact 1.89± 1.23 0 4
Praising 1.55±1.31 0 4
Preparatory Information 1.32±1.09 0 3
Smiling 0.92±1.12 0 4
Sharing 0.92±0.85 0 3
Laughing 0.74±1.13 0 4
Expanded Preparatory Information 0.45±0.69 0 3
Preparatory Information (Brief Delay) 0.42±0.68 0 2
Expanded Preparatory Information (Brief Delay) 0.21±0.47 0 2
Modeling 0.11±0.31 0 1

Negative Nurse Behaviors

Disapproving 0.03±0.16 0 1
Yelling 0.00±0.00 0 0
Ignoring 0.00±0.00 0 0

Positive Patient Behaviors

Instruction Following 3.42±0.95 0 4
Acceptance 2.55±1.25 0 4
Maintaining Attention 1.95±1.37 0 4
Visual Contact 1.87±1.30 0 4
Requests 1.32±1.19 0 4
Smiling 0.79±1.12 0 4
Physical Contact 0.24±0.59 0 2
Laughing 0.13±0.41 0 2
Praise 0.16±0.49 0 2

Negative Patient Behaviors

Ignoring 0.16±0.37 0 1
Disgust 0.08±0.27 0 1
Disagreement 0.05±0.23 0 1