Table 1 Characteristics of the participating intensive care units (n = 188)
Variables | Data |
|---|---|
Hospital | |
University hospital | 79 (42.0) |
Number of beds within the hospital | |
<250 | 29 (15.4) |
250–500 | 62 (32.9) |
500–1000 | 63 (33.5) |
>1000 | 34 (18.0) |
ICU | |
Medical | 35 (18.6) |
Surgical | 18 (9.6) |
Mixed | 135 (71.8) |
Number of acute beds per unit | 12 [10–16] |
Number of intermediate beds per unit | 6 [4–8] |
Number of senior physicians | 6 [5–7.5] |
Number of junior physicians | 4 [2–6] |
Day off after duty mandatory for physicians | 180 (95.7) |
Patient-to-physician ratio during the day | 0.31 [0.25–0.41] |
Patient-to-nurse ratio during the day | 3 [2.5–3] |
Patient-to-nurse ratio during the night | 3 [2.5–3] |
Patient-to-nursing assistant ratio | 1.22 [0.88–1.41] |
12-h shifts for nurses instead of 8-h shifts | 131 (69.6) |
Number of psychologists | 0 [0–0.2] |
Number of physiotherapist | 1 [0.5–1.2] |
Availability of | |
Social worker | 82 (43.6) |
Occupational therapist | 6 (3.2) |
Music therapist | 1 |
Access to interpret services | 176 (93.6) |
Access to religious services | 185 (98.4) |
Access to ICU follow-up clinic | 12 (6.4) |