Table 2.

Number of patients with at least one NEWS score above notification limits

Parameter	Control period	Intervention period	p	Control period	Intervention period	p
NEWS score	6 or more			9 or more
Number of patients	755/2139 (35.3%)	747/2263 (33.0%)	0.262	320/2139 (15.0%)	302/2263 (13.3%)	0.182
Ward 1 (gastroenterology)	136/941 (14.5%)	135/1062 (12.7%)	0.321	49/941 (5.2%)	49/1062 (4.6%)	0.559
Ward 2 (pulmonology)	619/1198 (51.7%)	612/1201 (51.0%)	0.843	271/1198 (22.6%)	253/1201 (21.1%)	0.460

Vital signs for patients monitored with the Chronic Respiratory Early Warning Score were recalculated using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) in order to allow for comparison. Data expressed as number (%).