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. 2014 Aug 14;18(4):491. doi: 10.1186/s13054-014-0491-3

Table 2.

Survey responses from all responders and those ICUs included in the analysis of linked unit-level and patient-level data

Characteristic All responders Included in analysis P value
( n= 162) ( n= 130)
Full-time lead or clinical director, number/total number (%) 161/162 (99.4) 129/130 (99.2) 1.00
Unit format, number (%) -
 Closed 162 (100) 130 (100)
 Open 0 (0) 0 (0)
Formal rounds in 24 hours (weekday), number (%) 0.97
 1 38 (12.5) 30 (23.1)
 2 88 (54.3) 70 (53.8)
 3 30 (18.5) 25 (19.2)
 4 or more 6 (3.7) 5 (3.8)
Formal rounds in 24 hours (weekend day), number (%) 0.044
 0 1 (0.6) 1 (0.8)
 1 83 (51.2) 61 (46.9)
 2 72 (44.4) 64 (49.2)
 3 6 (3.7) 4 (3.1)
Handover rounds in 24 hours, number (%) 0.26
 1 6 (3.7) 3 (2.3)
 2 117 (72.2) 95 (73.1)
 3 37 (22.8) 30 (23.1)
 4 2 (1.2) 2 (1.5)
Intensivist participation in handover rounds, number (%) 0.56
 No intensivist participation 9 (5.6) 6 (4.6)
 Weekdays only 40 (24.8) 33 (25.4)
 Weekdays and weekend days 112 (69.6) 91 (70.0)
Nighttime cover pattern, number (%) 0.95
 Intensivist in-house (dedicated or cross-cover) 4 (2.6) 4 (3.1)
 Specialty registrar (dedicated);
 Intensivist exclusively on-call for the ICU 70 (45.2) 59 (45.4)
 Specialty registrar (dedicated);
 Intensivist not exclusively on-call for the ICU 10 (6.5) 9 (6.9)
 Specialty registrar (cross-cover);
 Intensivist exclusively on-call for the ICU 21 (13.5) 18 (13.8)
 Specialty registrar (cross-cover);
 Intensivist not exclusively on-call for the ICU 30 (19.4) 24 (18.5)
 Senior or junior medical officer;
 Intensivist exclusively on-call for the ICU 17 (11.0) 13 (10.0)
 Senior or junior medical officer;
 Intensivist not exclusively on-call for the ICU 3 (1.9) 3 (2.3)
Number of intensivists available to staff ICU, number (%) 0.38
 <6 24 (15.2) 21 (16.2)
 6-8 71 (44.9) 54 (41.5)
 9-11 35 (22.2) 30 (23.1)
 12+ 28 (17.7) 25 (19.2)
FTE intensivists per bed 0.37
 Median 0.50 0.50
 Interquartile range 0.35-0.69 0.35-0.71
Base specialty of intensivists – no. (%) 0.59
 Anesthetics 1,223 (93.4) 1,048 (93.3)
 Medicine 72 (5.5) 61 (5.4)
 Emergency medicine 12 (0.9) 12 (1.1)
 Surgery 2 (0.2) 2 (0.2)
Years of clinical experience; number (%) 0.88
 <3 years 281 (21.5) 238 (21.2)
 4–6 years 249 (19.0) 217 (19.3)
 7–10 years 258 (19.7) 221 (19.7)
 >10 years 521 (39.8) 447 (39.8)