Skip to main content
. 2016 Mar-Apr;18(81):78–84. doi: 10.4103/1463-1741.178480

Table 2.

Comparison of various sources of noise in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Sources Valuesa, mean ± SD P

All (n = 115) Staff (n = 65) Patient’s families (n = 50)
Alarms 4.9±2.1 (2.8-7.0) 5.8±1.6 (4.2-7.4) 3.8±2.1 (1.7-5.9) <0.001
Medical equipment 4.7±2.1 (2.6-6.8) 5.5±1.8 (3.7-7.3) 3.7±2.0 (1.7-5.7) <0.001
Environmental noise 3.7±2.0 (1.7-5.7) 4.5±1.8 (2.7-6.3) 2.7±1.8 (0.9-4.5) <0.001
Pagers 2.5±1.5 (1.0-4.0) 3.8±1.4 (2.4-5.2) 1.7±1.2 (0.5-2.9) <0.001
Staff conversations 3.8±2.4 (1.4-6.2) 5.2±1.9 (3.3-7.1) 2.0±1.6 (0.4-3.6) <0.001
Telephones 2.7±1.6 (1.1-4.3) 3.5±1.5 (2.0-5.0) 1.6±1.1 (0.5-2.7) <0.001
Family conversations 2.4±1.6 (0.8-4.0) 2.9±1.6 (1.3-4.5) 1.7±1.4 (0.3-3.1) <0.001
Television/radio 2.0±1.5 (0.5-3.5) 2.6±1.7 (0.9-4.3) 1.4±0.9 (0.5-2.3) <0.001

aNoise values range from 1 to 8 on the Likert scale, with 1 being the lowest and 8 being the highest amount, SD = Standard deviation