Table 3.
Comparison of dressing observations, by period and intervention status
| Study Period | Dressing Intact |
Dressing Clean/Dry |
Dressing Dated |
Dressing not Expired |
Non-Purulent Insertion Site |
Dressing Secured |
100% Compliancea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention Wards (2,091 observations) | |||||||
| Pre-Intervention | 384 (86.7%) | 409 (92.3%) | 443 (100%) | 429 (96.8%) | 424 (95.7%) | 438 (98.9%) | 349 (78.8%) |
| Intervention/follow-up | 1540 (93.4%) | 1602 (97.2%) | 1639 (99.5%) | 1610 (97.7%) | 1623 (98.5%) | 1635 (99.2%) | 1449 (87.9%) |
| P-valueb | <.001 | <.001 | .119 | .305 | <.001 | .492 | <.001 |
| Control Wards (1,921 observations) | |||||||
| Pre-Intervention | 329 (91.9%) | 344 (96.1%) | 356 (99.4%) | 354 (98.9%) | 349 (97.5%) | 354 (98.9%) | 304 (84.9%) |
| Intervention/follow-up | 1492 (95.5%) | 1517 (97.1%) | 1548 (99.0%) | 1553 (99.4%) | 1539 (98.5%) | 1554 (99.4%) | 1420 (90.9%) |
| P-valueb | .006 | .342 | .465 | .338 | .199 | .260 | .001 |
a
Composite score incorporating all 6 of the individual dressing quality measures; dressings observed to have 6 of 6 measures compliant were defined as being 100% compliant.
b
Comparison of pre-intervention to intervention/follow-up period.