Table 5.
Comparison of interprofessional team member involvement among study groups
| Interprofessional team members | Time periods and designated groups | P value | |||
| November 2019–August 2020 | November 2019–February 2020 | March 2020–August 2020 | |||
| All groups n=425 (%)* |
Pre-COVID n=170 (%)* |
COVID-ve n=170 (%)* |
COVID+ve n=85 (%)* |
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| Physiotherapy | 175 (41.2) | 70 (41.2) | 86 (50.6) | 19 (22.4) | <0.001 |
| Medical social worker | 195 (45.9) | 70 (41.2) | 99 (58.2) | 26 (30.6) | <0.001 |
| Spiritual care | 105 (24.7) | 49 (28.8) | 42 (24.7) | 14 (16.5) | 0.098 |
| Occupational therapy | 129 (30.4) | 45 (26.5) | 73 (42.9) | 11 (12.9) | <0.001 |
| Palliative care | |||||
| Consult requested | 167 (39.3) | 70 (41.2) | 71 (41.8) | 26 (30.6) | 0.184 |
| Consult completed | 159 (37.4) | 67 (39.4) | 67 (39.4) | 25 (29.4) | 0.234 |
| Days from consult completion to death (median, Q1–Q3) | 3 (1–7) | 4 (1–9) | 3 (1–6) | 3 (2–12) | 0.577 |
Bold values were statistically significant
*Column numbers refer to number of persons (%) within respective groups unless stated otherwise.