Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics for Pre‐ and Postintervention Visits by Patient Bundle and Nurse Feedback Arms
| Characteristics | Patient education bundle | P value | Nurse feedback | P value | P value comparing pre patient bundle and pre nurse feedback | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Period | ||||||
| Pre, n=4025 | Post, n=2133 | Pre, n=3342 | Post, n=1598 | ||||
| Unique patients | 3497 | 1926 | 2811 | 1423 | |||
| Unique nurses | 529 | 446 | 476 | 421 | |||
| Mean age, y (SD)* | 56.1 (16.8) | 56.1 (16.1) | 0.97 | 56.1 (16.2) | 56.7 (16.2) | 0.17 | 0.99 |
| Sex, n (%)† | |||||||
| Men | 2107 (52.3) | 1126 (52.8) | 0.74 | 1754 (52.5) | 864 (54.1) | 0.30 | 0.91 |
| Women | 1918 (47.7) | 1007 (47.2) | 1588 (47.5) | 734 (45.9) | |||
| Race, n (%)† | |||||||
| Black | 1428 (35.5) | 755 (35.4) | 0.79 | 1414 (42.3) | 724 (45.3) | 0.14 | <0.001 |
| White | 2251 (55.9) | 1212 (56.8) | 1646 (49.3) | 744 (46.6) | |||
| Other | 346 (8.6) | 166 (7.8) | 282 (8.4) | 130 (8.1) | |||
| Unit type, n (%)† | |||||||
| Medicine units | 1569 (39.0) | 839 (39.3) | 0.98 | 1849 (55.3) | 882 (55.2) | 0.93 | <0.001 |
| Surgery units | 2456 (61.0) | 1394 (60.7) | 1493 (44.7) | 716 (44.8) | |||
| No. of prescribed doses per patient visit (Q1–Q3) | |||||||
| Median (IQR) | 6.0 (3.0–12.0) | 6.0 (3.0–11.0) | 0.45 | 7.0 (3.0–13.0) | 6.0 (3.0–1.0) | 0.001 | <0.001 |
| Mean (SD)‡ | 9.22 (11.3) | 8.81 (10.1) | 10.44 (12.4) | 8.88 (9.7) | |||
| Length of stay, d (Q1–Q3) | |||||||
| Median (IQR) | 4.0 (2.0–7.0) | 4.0 (2.0–7.0) | 0.68 | 5.0 (3.0–9.0) | 5.0 (3.0–8.0) | 0.64 | <0.001 |
| Mean (SD)‡ | 6.49 (9.6) | 6.52 (8.94) | 7.41 (8.4) | 7.22 (7.9) | |||
Patient education bundle refers to the Patient‐Centered Education Bundle. IQR indicates interquartile range; and Q, quartile.
*
P values calculated using 2‐sample t tests with equal variances.
†
P values calculated using χ2 tests.
‡
P values calculated using Wilcoxon rank sum tests.