Table 5.

The Association Between Presence of Individual Patient Unaided AAC Strategies with the Presence of Individual Positive Nurse Interaction Behaviors (Univariate Results)

Positive Nurse Behavior	Patient Unaided AAC Strategies	b	SE	z-value	p-value
Praising	Facial Expression	0.608	0.240	2.53	.011
Visual Contact	Head Nods	1.661	0.742	2.24	.025
	Nonverbal but communicative	1.298	0.548	2.37	.018
Physical Contact	Gesturing	−1.003	0.366	−2.75	.006
	Nonverbal but communicative	1.032	0.324	3.19	.001
Preparatory Information	Mouthing	−0.887	0.361	−2.46	.014
Smiling	Mouthing	0.776	0.382	2.03	.042
	Head Nod	1.509	0.694	2.18	.030
	Nonverbal but communicative	1.194	0.468	2.55	.011
Laughing	Gesturing	1.456	0.462	3.15	.002
	Facial Expression	1.042	0.368	3.00	.003
Augments	Mouthing	1.756	0.555	3.17	.002
	Gesturing	1.874	0.425	4.41	<.001
	Head Nods	2.574	0.880	2.92	.003
	Nonverbal but communicative	1.396	0.556	2.51	.012