Table 2.
The distribution of concerns and cues codes and elicitation by VR-CoDES sum categories and nursing staff
| VR-CoDES – Concerns and cues sum category | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VR-CoDES | Nurse assistant (%) | Registered nurse (%) | Total (%) | ||
| Emotional references (n = 224) Code-related example Concern: “Then I got a bit sad, thinking oh my God, are they that sick” Cue a: “I really don’t like my eyes at the moment” Cue f: (Crying and snivelling) Cue g: “That was ghastly” (disgust, more than a month ago) |
Nursing staff elicited* | Concern | 24 (35) | 21 (33) | 45 (34) |
| Cue a | 41 (59) | 29 (46) | 70 (53) | ||
| Cue fa | – | – | – | ||
| Cue g | 4 (6) | 13 (21) | 17 (13) | ||
| Sum | 69 (100) | 63 (100) | 132 (100) | ||
| Patient elicited** | Concern | 5 (9) | 13 (35) | 18 (20) | |
| Cuea | 27 (49) | 11 (30) | 38 (41) | ||
| Cue f | 23 (42) | 12 (32) | 35 (38) | ||
| Cue g | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | ||
| Sum | 55 (100) | 37 (100) | 92 (100) | ||
| Emotional states/circumstances (n = 396) Code-related example Cue b: “yes, because everything is just dry” Cue c: “I have no memory either, that is the worst” |
Nursing staff elicited | Cue b | 125 (97) | 92 (99) | 217 (98) |
| Cue c | 4 (3) | 1 (1) | 5 (2) | ||
| Sum | 129 (100) | 93 (100) | 222 (100) | ||
| Patient elicited | Cue b | 90 (97) | 81 (100) | 171 (98) | |
| Cue c | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | ||
| Sum | 93 (100) | 81 (100) | 174 (100) | ||
| Contextual hints to emotion (n = 15) Code-related example Cue d: “I have a tumour in the stomach” (talking about food) Cue e: “It still resides a bit” (third time repetition, about symptoms after stroke) |
Nursing staff elicited | Cue d | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) |
| Cue e | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 (50) | ||
| Sum | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | ||
| Patient elicited | Cue d | 3 (27) | 0 (0) | 3 (23) | |
| Cue e | 8 (73) | 2 (100) | 10 (77) | ||
| Sum | 11 (100) | 2 (100) | 13 (100) | ||
| Total | 358 (56) | 277 (44) | 635 (100) | ||
“..” = Examples of older people’s expressions and designated concern/cue code found in the material
*Fisher’s Exact Test: p = 0,036 between type of expression with emotional reference expressed to either nurse assistant or registered nurse
**Fisher’s Exact Test: p = 0,005 between type of expression with emotional reference expressed to either nurse assistant or registered nurse
anot applicable (only patient elicited)