Percentage of the times the different content items were reported as (a) present in the discharge form (DF), and (b) relevant, by the sender and the recipient unit in the monitored handover processes (n=22)
| Present in DF | Relevant | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content item | Senders (%) | Recipients (%) | p Value* | Senders (%) | Recipients (%) | p Value* |
| Diagnosis and present state of the patient | 100 | 100 | – | 96 | 91 | 1 |
| Recent changes in the conditions or treatment | 96 | 76 | 0.375 | 96 | 67 | 0.063 |
| Anticipation of changes in condition or treatment | 91 | 38 | 0.006 | 86 | 55 | 0.109 |
| What to monitor along shifts (physicians/nurse) | 96 | 71 | 0.125 | 82 | 76 | 1 |
| Warning signs | 50 | 10 | 0.02 | 67 | 33 | 0.344 |
*Exact p values for McNemar's test computed using the binomial distribution.