Proportion of compliance on the key elements of verbal and written handoffs
| Proportion of compliance | OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Intervention (N=445) n/N (%) | Control (N=396) n/N (%) | |||
| Verbal | ||||
| Illness severity | 337/445 (75.7) | 47/396 (11.9) | 18.0 (11.1 to 29.0) | <0.001 |
| Patient summary | 434/445 (97.5) | 253/396 (63.9) | 51.0 (20.0 to 129.8) | <0.001 |
| Actions list | 339/445 (76.2) | 84/396 (21.2) | 17.5 (10.2 to 30.1) | <0.001 |
| Situations and contingency plans | 194/445 (43.6) | 34/396 (8.6) | 15.7 (7.8 to 31.5) | <0.001 |
| Synthesis by the receiver | 362/445 (81.3) | 47/396 (11.9) | 31.4 (17.6 to 55.9) | <0.001 |
| Written | ||||
| Illness severity | 405/444 (91.2) | 8/396 (2.0) | 267.5 (117.7 to 607.9) | <0.001 |
| Patient summary | 417/444 (93.9) | 166/396 (41.9) | 32.4 (17.2 to 61.2) | <0.001 |
| Actions list | 306/444 (68.9) | 57/396 (14.4) | 21.1 (11.9 to 37.2) | <0.001 |
| Situations and contingency plans | 232/444 (52.3) | 22/396 (5.6) | 64.0 (25.9 to 158.0) | <0.001 |
| Synthesis by the receiver | 273/444 (61.5) | 6/396 (1.5) | 196.1 (71.5 to 538.0) | <0.001 |