Perceptions of an open visitation policy by intensive care unit workers

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 3 Distribution of the ICU workers according to their answer to each question

Question	Never			Occasionally			Frequently			Always
Question	P%	N%	RT%	P%	N%	RT%	P%	N%	RT%	P%	N%	RT%	p value
1	0	2.6	0	47.6	41	48	45.2	48.7	40	7.1	7.7	12	0.96
2	0	2.6	8	35.7	41	48	57.1	46.2	40	7.1	10.3	4	0.2
3	4.8	2.6	0	81	87.2	52	14.3	5.1	48	0	5.1	0	0.001^#&
4	14.3	10.3	12	59.5	53.8	56	21.4	30.8	28	4.8	5.1	4	0.75
5	9.5	7.7	12	38.1	35.9	52	40.5	38.5	24	11.9	17.9	12	0.33
6	2.4	0	16	38.1	43.6	28	54.8	41	48	4.8	15.4	8	0.70
7	2.4	0	8.3	59.5	51.3	41.7	35.7	41	37.5	2.4	7.7	12.5	0.46
8	2.4	0	8	16.7	15.4	24	54.8	51.3	40	26.2	33.3	28	0.44
9	9.5	20.5	4	40.5	46.2	32	33.3	25.6	52	16.7	7.7	0	0.22
10	2.4	7.7	4	40.5	41	20	50	35.9	64	7.1	15.4	12	0.09
11	0	0	14	26.2	30.8	20	57.1	41	48	16.7	28.2	28	0.48
12	4.8	15.4	16	64.3	64.1	48	28.6	12.8	24	2.4	7.7	12	0.4
13	9.5	12.8	4	50	56.4	36	35.7	23.1	48	4.8	7.7	12	0.03&
14	16.7	25.6	12	57.1	48.7	48	19	20.5	36	7.1	5.1	4	0.54
15	4.8	33.3	16	71.4	48.7	52	16.7	12.8	24	7.1	5.1	8	0.26
16	9.5	41	40	59.5	33	32	21.4	15.4	24	9.5	10.3	4	0.28
17	11.9	20.5	20	42.9	48.7	44	35.7	20.5	28	9.5	10.3	8	0.55
18	0	2.6	0	9.5	17.9	16	21.4	5.1	20	69	74.4	64	0.82
19	0	5.1	0	2.4	7.7	8	11.9	7.7	24	85.7	79.5	68	0.23
Question	Yes			No			I don’t know
	P%	N%	RT%	P%	N%	RT%	P%	N%	RT%
20	66.7	74.9	60	16.7	20.5	24	16.7	5.1	16
21	40.5	7.7	8	59.5	92.3	92	-	-	-
22	76.2	87.2	92	23.8	12.8	8	-	-	-

Questions- correspondents numbers (see Figures 1 and 2 or Additional file 1). P, physician; N, nurse; RT, respiratory therapist. p < 0.05, Kruskal-Wallis test with Tukey HSD post-hoc analysis. ^#Physicians vs. RT; &nurses vs. RT.