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Table 4 Time of disruptions (consultants vs. residents)

From: Asymmetry in patient-related information disrupts pre-anesthetic patient briefing

 

Consultants

Residents

p value

Number of patients

37 (46.5%)

93 (65.5%)

0,008

t-total-disrupt*; min

127

391

 

t-median-edu-disrupt†; min

17.9 (13.6–24.7)

24.5 (19.5–31.7)

0,534

t-median-disrupt±; min

2.3 (0.8–4.9)

2.5 (0.7–4.7)

0,396

t-part-disrupt§;%

12.8

10.2

 
  1. *t-total-disrupt; total time of disruptions. †t-median-edu-disrupt; median time of pre-anesthetic patient education that has been disrupted; ±t-median-disrupt; median time of disruptions. §t-part-disrupt; (t-median-disrupt * 100 /t-median-edu-disrupt).
  2. Values are given as number, median (interquartile range), or proportion.
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BMC Anesthesiology

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