Perception of Nurses on Needs of Family Members of Patient Admitted to Critical Care Units of Teaching Hospital, Chitwan Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Institutional Based Study
Table 7
Differences on perception of nurses on needs of family members according to professional characteristics.
Variables
No.
Perception on Needs of Family Members
MeanSD
Needs for Support
Needs for Information
Needs for Closeness
Needs for Assurance
Needs for Comfort
Professional qualification
Pcl nursing
34
33.82±5.01
28.11±3.16
24.50±3.03
23.52±3.42
16.20±2.74
BN
15
35.26±4.44
27.93±3.05
25.00±2.44
25.53±1.68
17.20±2.67
B.Sc nursing
16
35.75±4.91
29.00±2.78
25.43±3.36
24.18±2.90
17.31±3.07
p –value
0.368
0.557
0.576
0.104
0.327
Clinical area
ICU
34
35.44±4.38
28.29±2.85
24.38±2.96
24.08±3.06
16.32±2.62
CCU
11
35.45±4.76
28.90±2.58
27.00±2.14
25.00±1.84
18.45±2.94
HDU
8
31.12±6.46
27.87±3.22
24.25±4.02
24.37±3.02
16.87±3.44
Neuro ICU
12
33.91±4.58
28.00±3.95
24.58±2.27
23.41±3.94
16.08±2.50
p –value
0.128
0.874
0.069
0.667
0.139
Total experience (in years)
less than 1
14
33.76±4.57
28.96±3.02
24.76±3.17
24.04±3.33
17.00±2.54
1 and more than 1 year
51
35.17±5.02
27.87±2.99
26.25±2.73
24.22±2.89
16.52±2.99
p –value
0.795
0.297
0.335
0.157
0.450
Experience in critical care units (in years)
<1
25
33.76±4.57
27.71±2.94
25.76±3.17
24.04±3.33
17.00±2.54
≥1
40
35.05±5.11
29.96±3.02
24.10±2.69
24.02±2.83
16.34±2.92
p- value
0.258
0.162
0.050
0.814
0.513
Training about critical care
Yes
5
31.80 ±4.7
28.20±1.64
22.20±4.20
23.40±5.45
17.40±3.36
No
60
34.86±4.84
28.30±3.12
25.06±2.79
24.21±2.82
16.65±2.79
P –value
0.178
0.948
0.434
0.569
0.572
S.D.: standard deviation; significance level at < 0.055. Independent t-test; one-way ANOVA test.
