Background
Methods
Setting and participants
Data collection
Questionnaire
Procedure
Statistical analysis
Results
Male | 41.8% |
---|---|
Mean age (SD)- in years | 74.9 (14.5) |
Median age- in years | 78.0 |
Relationship (yes) | 51.7% |
Living alone (yes) | 49% |
Higher education (yes) | 18.5% |
Work (yes) | 9% |
Mean length of stay (SD)-in days | 3.73(2.3) |
Mean CCIS (SD)a
| 1.09 (1.6) |
Mean EQ5D3L (SD)b
| .52 (.26) |
PPE-15, validity and reliability
PPE-15 ITEMS | NORPEQ 1 “Understanding doctors” | NORPEQ 2 “Trust doctors” | NORPEQ 3 “Trust personnel” | NORPEQ 4 “Caring personnel” | NORPEQ 5 “Interested personnel” | NORPEQ 6 “Receive information” |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PPE-1 |
−0.45**
| −0.27* | −0.29* | −0.20 | −0.39** | −0.34** |
PPE-2 | −0.32** | −0.18 | −0.26* | −0.23* | −0.34** |
−0.36**
|
PPE-3 | 0.23* | 0.24* | 0.23* | 0.26* | 0.28* | 0.21 |
PPE-4 | −0.19 | −0.01 | −0.14 | −0.39** | −0.23* | −0.23 |
PPE-5 | 0.27* | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.30** | 0.31** |
PPE-6 | 0.39** | 0.33** | 0.18 | 0.27* |
0.43**
| 0.28* |
PPE-7 | −0.22 | −0.08 | −0.28* | −0.28* | −0.20 | −0.22 |
PPE-8 | −0.09 | −0.00 | −0.11 | −0.31** | −0.17 | −0.19 |
PPE- 9 | −0.15 | −0.07 | −0.19 |
−0.46**
| −0.36** | −0.27* |
PPE-10 | −0.13 | −0.17 | −0.29* | −0.26* | −0.34** | −0.26* |
PPE-11 | −0.03 | −0.20 | −0.18 | −0.29* | −0.17 | −0.10 |
PPE-12 | 0.07 | −0.19 | −0.22 | −0.33** | −0.07 | −0.16 |
PPE-13 | −0.03 | −0.13 |
−0.31**
| −0.25* | −0.11 | −0.09 |
PPE-14 | −0.05 | 0.04 | −0.22 | −0.20 | −0.08 | −0.12 |
PPE-15 | −0.17 | −0.05 |
−0.31**
| −0.22 | −0.31** | −0.33** |
PPE-15 item | Kappa |
p-value |
---|---|---|
PPE-1 | 0.431 | <.001 |
PPE-2 | 0.538 | <.001 |
PPE-3 | 0.431 | <.001 |
PPE-4 | 0.447 | <.001 |
PPE-5 | 0.409 | <.001 |
PPE-6 | 0.562 | <.001 |
PPE-7 | 0.698 | <.001 |
PPE-8 | 0.297 | .012 |
PPE-9 | 0.400 | .001 |
PPE-10 | 0.597 | <.001 |
PPE-10a | 0.473 | <.001 |
PPE-11 | 0.125 | .275 |
PPE-12 | 0.311 | .008 |
PPE-13 | 0.266 | .018 |
PPE-14 | 0.479 | <.001 |
PPE-15 | 0.357 | .002 |
Patient experiences and association with background characteristics
PPE-15 item |
n = 479 |
---|---|
1) Understandable answers to questions from doctors [70] | 118/475 (24.8) |
2) Understandable answers to questions from nurses [70] | 114/475 (24) |
3) Different answers from different personnel [70] | 148/475 (31.2) |
4) Discuss anxieties/fears about condition/treatment with doctor (3) | 214/475 (45.1) |
5) Doctors talk in front of you, as if you weren’t there? (4) | 42/475 (8.8) |
6) Involvement in care and treatment decisions? (4) | 200/475 (42.1) |
7) Treated with respect and dignity (4) | 42/476 (8.8) |
8) Discuss anxieties/ fears about condition/treatment with nurse (3) | 146/476 (30.7) |
9) Someone in staff to talk to about concerns? (3) | 142/475 (29.9) |
10) Were you ever in pain? (yes) | 347/475 (73.1) |
10a) Staff took action to relieve pain (5) | 99/476 (20.8) |
11) Opportunity for family/close persons to talk to doctor (6) | 103/477 (21.6) |
12) Enough information to family or someone close to help recover? (6) | 139/476 (29.2) |
13) Understandable explanation about the purpose of medicines (7) | 121/475 (25.5) |
14) Information about medication side effects (7) | 243/475 (51.2) |
15) Information about danger signals to observe at home (7) | 348/475 (73.3) |
OR | CI (95%) |
p-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Civil status | 1.001 | (0.581–1.726) | .997 |
Educational background | 0.988 | (0.788–1.255) | .922 |
Housing status | 1.020 | (0.841–1.237) | .839 |
EQ5D3L | 1.050 | (0.789–1.397) | .738 |
Employment status | 0.670 | (0.066–6.774) | .734 |
Gender | 0.982 | (0.773–1.113) | .420 |
Age | 1.004 | (0.997–1.010) | .259 |
Length of stay | 1.045 | (1.009–1.081) | .13 |
CCIS | 1.085 | (1.011–1.164) | .023 |