Table 4

 Associations of independent variables with acceptability of the hospital policy of systematic bracelets and personal acceptance to wear an identification bracelet (multiple logistic regression model)

Hospital policyPersonal acceptance
Odds ratio (95% CI)Odds ratio (95% CI)
Examples of situations in which patient identification was a concernGiven v not given1.8 (1.3 to 2.6)1.7 (1.1 to 2.8)
Means of patient identification on braceletAnonymous code v patient name1.2 (0.8 to 1.7)1.1 (0.7 to 1.7)
SexMale v female1.1 (0.7 to 1.5)1.1 (0.7 to 1.7)
Age (years)45–64 v 18–441.1 (0.7 to 1.6)0.7 (0.4 to 1.2)
65–98 v 18–441.2 (0.8 to 2.0)0.8 (0.4 to 1.4)
Length of stay (days11–30 v 2–101.3 (0.8 to 2.2)1.5 (0.8 to 2.7)
>30 v 2–100.6 (0.3 to 1.2)1.1 (0.4 to 2.5)
Felt treated in complete safetyNo v yes1.0 (0.6 to 1.8)0.9 (0.5 to 1.7)
Care received at the hospitalExcellent/very good v good/poor/fair0.9 (0.6 to 1.4)0.9 (0.6 to 1.6)
Incidents possibly related to identification errorsAny v none1.0 (0.7 to 1.6)1.1 (0.6 to 2.0)
Other incidentsAny v none0.8 (0.5 to 1.2)0.6 (0.3 to 0.8)