Table 5.

Number of occurrences of each task performed by a healthcare worker at the patient bedside over a 240 min initiation period or a 240 min maintenance period

Task, mean number of occurrences (SD)	bCPAP Initiation (n = 12)	Oxygen Initiation (n = 11)	p value	bCPAP Maintenance (n = 17)	Oxygen Maintenance (n = 15)	p value
All	103.58 (42.29)	77.18 (15.92)	0.07	46.18 (27.47)	30.00 (12.51)	0.04
Non-trial tasks
All	99.25 (41.56)	72.82 (15.67)	0.06	46.18 (27.47)	30.00 (12.51)	0.04
Communication	16.00 (9.66)	11.27 (4.88)	0.16	5.94 (5.45)	13.60 (3.94)	< 0.01*
Documentation	11.67 (4.68)	12.36 (5.07)	0.74	6.35 (3.33)	5.73 (2.55)	0.56
Physical Exam	1.42 (1.08)	1.09 (1.45)	0.54	1.94 (3.65)	1.60 (1.12)	0.73
Vital signs	2.92 (1.56)	3.64 (2.16)	0.37	2.65 (1.66)	1.87 (0.83)	0.11
Adjustment of equipment	8.58 (2.78)	3.00 (2.10)	< 0.01*	4.47 (3.32)	1.00 (1.20)	< 0.01*
Adjustment of nasal Interface	9.17 (4.88)	2.55 (2.16)	< 0.01*	2.65 (2.87)	0.73 (1.58)	0.03*
Suctioning	0.58 (1.24)	0.55 (1.21)	0.95	0.24 (0.56)	0.20 (0.56)	0.84
Blood draw	3.92 (2.19)	3.73 (1.56)	0.81	0.12 (0.33)	0.13 (0.35)	0.93
Medication Administration	0.83 (0.94)	1.55 (1.29)	0.14	1.12 (1.58)	0.73 (0.80)	0.40
Feeding	0.83 (1.40)	0.09 (0.30)	0.10	0.24 (0.56)	0.00 (0.00)	0.11
Not otherwise specified	6.83 (7.79)	4.91 (2.84)	0.45	1.59 (2.37)	0.67 (1.11)	0.18
Trial-specific tasks
All	4.33 (1.23)	4.36 (0.50)	0.94	N/A	N/A	N/A
Video recording of breathing	2.17 (0.94)	2.36 (3.73)	0.87	N/A	N/A	N/A
Digital lung auscultation recording	2.17 (0.72)	2.00 (0.45)	0.51	N/A	N/A	N/A

bCPAP indicates bubble continuous positive airway pressure; SD, standard deviation; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus

*p < 0.05 considered statistically significant

N/A = not applicable. There were no study specific tasks performed during the maintenance phase of this study. All study specific tasks occurred during initiation of treatment