Table 1

Characteristics of the participating ICUs and patients; values are median (IQR) unless indicated otherwise

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ICU-level characteristics
 No included in analysis1110
 Centre type
  Academic21
  Non-academic99
 No of beds16.0 (11.0–24.0)12.5 (9.0–15.5)
 No of FTE intensivists6.3 (4.9–9.0)6.1 (5.0–8.6)
 No of FTE nurses64.0 (33.5–86.0)42.5 (28.4–50.9)
Patient-level characteristics
 No of patient admissions during the trial13 95011 284
 Admission type
  Surgical (%)7282 (52.2)6003 (53.2)
  Medical (%)6639 (47.6)5269 (46.7)
  Unknown (%)29 (0.2)12 (0.1)
 ICU length of stay in shifts4.0 (3.0–10.0)4.0 (3.0–9.0)
 Total no of observed patient-shifts141 324112 235
  Day shift50 23939 928
  Evening shift45 95736 247
  Night shift45 12836 060
  • Performance pre-intervention includes 3 months before implementation of the intervention.

  • FTE, full-time equivalent; ICU, intensive care unit.