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Table 3 Compliance with care processes over time (baseline versus intervention)

From: Testing the implementation of an electronic process-of-care checklist for use during morning medical rounds in a tertiary intensive care unit: a prospective before–after study

 

% Absolute change

Baseline (%)

Intervention (%)

Adjusteda odds ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Pain management

42.2

53.4

95.6

22.85 (13.69–38.16)

<0.001

Glucose management

22

75.7

97.7

13.82 (7.01–27.27)

<0.001

Head-of-bed elevation

19

78.3

97.1

10.98 (5.39–22.35)

<0.001

Sedation management

7.5

89.7

97.2

3.89 (1.80–8.42)

0.001

Nutrition assessment

7.4

89

96.4

4.36 (2.4–7.92)

<0.001

Mechanical ventilation weaning

3.6

90.9

94.5

1.92 (1.03–3.59)

0.041

Stress ulcer prophylaxis

3.2

94.4

97.6

3.73 (1.68–8.28)

0.001

DVT prophylaxis

1.7

94.8

96.5

2.24 (1.06–4.70)

0.034

Medication review

1.4

98.4

99.8

9.86 (1.31–74.33)

0.026

  1. ‘Not applicable’ and ‘not ventilated’ responses were excluded.
  2. aGEE adjusted for patient age, gender, APACHE III severity of illness score, ICU length of stay, vital status upon discharge from ICU, readmission to ICU, type of admission (emergency or elective, post-operative or non-operative, ICU or HDU).