The Educational Needs of Family of Patients Discharged from the Intensive Care Units: The Viewpoints of Nurses and the Patients’ Families

Table 1

Comparing mean scores of educational needs of the families of patients discharged from ICU and their dimensions from nurses and families’ points of view.

Variable	Patients’ families		Nurses		Independent t-test	Effect size	P value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Public health	3.70	0.57	4.50	0.29	−11.25	1.77	<0.001
Airway care	3.86	0.70	4.63	0.29	−10.79	1.44	<0.001
Urinary care	3.51	0.85	4.31	0.44	−8.27	1.18	<0.001
Defecation care	3.23	1.11	3.97	0.71	−5.39	0.79	<0.001
Nutrition and medication	3.83	0.69	4.70	0.24	−11.39	1.68	<0.001
Patient’s mental health	4.76	0.29	4.19	0.70	−6.76	1.06	<0.001
Essential information	4.25	0.46	4.63	0.29	−6.92	0.99	<0.001
Self-care	4.89	0.19	4.29	0.72	−8.47	1.14	<0.001
Total score	31.18	3.97	35.33	2.6	−8.47	1.24	<0.001

SD: Standard Deviation.