Table 1.
Characteristics of the participating intensive care units (n = 188)
| Variables | Data |
|---|---|
| Hospital | |
| University hospital | 79 (42.0) |
| Number of beds within the hospital | |
| <250 | 29 (15.4) |
| 250–500 | 62 (32.9) |
| 500–1000 | 63 (33.5) |
| >1000 | 34 (18.0) |
| ICU | |
| Medical | 35 (18.6) |
| Surgical | 18 (9.6) |
| Mixed | 135 (71.8) |
| Number of acute beds per unit | 12 [10–16] |
| Number of intermediate beds per unit | 6 [4–8] |
| Number of senior physicians | 6 [5–7.5] |
| Number of junior physicians | 4 [2–6] |
| Day off after duty mandatory for physicians | 180 (95.7) |
| Patient-to-physician ratio during the day | 0.31 [0.25–0.41] |
| Patient-to-nurse ratio during the day | 3 [2.5–3] |
| Patient-to-nurse ratio during the night | 3 [2.5–3] |
| Patient-to-nursing assistant ratio | 1.22 [0.88–1.41] |
| 12-h shifts for nurses instead of 8-h shifts | 131 (69.6) |
| Number of psychologists | 0 [0–0.2] |
| Number of physiotherapist | 1 [0.5–1.2] |
| Availability of | |
| Social worker | 82 (43.6) |
| Occupational therapist | 6 (3.2) |
| Music therapist | 1 |
| Access to interpret services | 176 (93.6) |
| Access to religious services | 185 (98.4) |
| Access to ICU follow-up clinic | 12 (6.4) |
Data are expressed as median [interquartile range] for continuous variables and number (%) for categorical variables
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