TABLE 2. Importance of Domains of Patient-Centered Care and Effect on Catheterization Experience.
| Singapore | The Philippines | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Domains of care | Factors of patient care | Mean decrease accuracya | Rank | Domains of care | Factors of patient care | Mean decrease accuracya |
| 1 | Competence of HCPs | Confidence in HCPs' ability to insert IV catheter | 13.70 | 1 | Competence of HCPs | Confidence in HCPs' ability to insert IV catheter | 26.1 |
| 2 | Pain management | Level of pain experienced during catheter insertion | 4.90 | 2 | Infection prevention measures | Confidence that IV catheter site was cared for and cleaned appropriately before medical administration | 23.7 |
| 3 | Infection prevention measures | Confidence that IV catheter site was cared for and cleaned appropriately before medical administration | 3.45 | 3 | Pain management | Level of pain experienced during catheter insertion | 22.7 |
| 4 | Infection prevention measures | Confidence with cleanliness of IV catheter process, before insertion | 1.30 | 4 | Effectiveness of communication | How well HCPs explained the need for an IV catheter | 22.7 |
| 5 | Effectiveness of communication | How well HCPs explained the need for an IV catheter | 0.95 | 5 | Pain management | Level of satisfaction with hospital's response to pain management | 14.0 |
| 6 | Effectiveness of communication | How well HCPs explained the need for manipulating IV catheter for cleaning/medical administration | 0.30 | 6 | Extent of impact of catheter experience on hospital stay | 13.8 | |
| 7 | Pain management | Duration of pain | 0.17 | 7 | Infection prevention measures | Confidence that IV catheter site was cared for and cleaned appropriately before catheter administration | 8.8 |
| 8 | Effectiveness of communication | How well HCPs explained the need for manipulating IV catheter for cleaning/medical administration | 2.4 | ||||
| 9 | Pain management | Level of discomfort experienced due to catheter location | 2.2 | ||||
aMean decrease accuracy in the random forest model expresses how much accuracy the model loses by excluding a variable. The more the accuracy decreases, the greater the importance the variable is for successful classification. The greater the value of the mean decrease accuracy, the higher the importance of the variable in the model.13 Abbreviations: HCPs, health care providers; IV, intravenous.