Table 4

Pearson correlations between distractions and handover time (individual and grouped)

Distractions/extra tasks involved	Correlation with patient handover time and individual distractions	Correlation between number of distractions by type and whole session time
Background conversation between people who are involved in the handover	0.39^*	0.59^*
Background conversation between people who are not involved in the handover	−0.01	0.03
Doors opening	0.26^*	0.23
Staff from outside the handover talking to those who are	0.06	−0.1
People walking through the handover	0.05	−0.26
Phone ringing near the handover	0.04	0.26
Phone conversation occurring near the handover	0.03	0.05
Mobile phone call involving someone who was involved in the handover	0.37^*	0.54^*
Bleep going off during the handover	0.31^*	0.4^*
Other alarm	0.05	0.08
TV noise	−0.03	−0.12
Current patient interrupting	−0.02	0.07
Other patient interrupting	0.01	0.07
A patient's family member interrupting	0.02	0.06
People making coffee near the handover	0.03	−0.18
People washing up near the handover	0.02	−0.18
Computer noises near the handover	−0.01	−0.3
Clinical-related noises (suction noises)	0.05	0.29
Non-clinical-related noise (ice-making machine)	0.09^†	0.14
Patient examination	−0.04	0.78
Patient communication	−0.04	0.21
x Ray viewing	0.24^*	0.36
Total distractions	0.45^*	0.59^*