Table 6.

Comparisons between current practices with recommendations for oral care in the 2011 AACN procedure manual for critical care

Variable	Maximum potential score	Mean (actual score)	Standard Deviation (SD)	T	Df	p
Quality of treatment	22	16.49	2.73	-24.61*	149	.000
Practices prior to oral care	6	5.07	.887	-12.88*	149	.000
The oral care event	2	.46	.563	-33.49*	149	.000
Post-oral care practices	8	5.89	1.417	-.980*	149	.329
Patient monitoring and care	6	5.07	1.157	-9.88*	149	.000

^*P< 0.01