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Table 3 Dyads of patients’ and relatives’ perceptions of security in palliative home care nursing; perceived reality and subjective importance by dimensions and context-specific scales

From: A sense of security in palliative homecare in a Norwegian municipality; dyadic comparisons of the perceptions of patients and relatives - a quantitative study

 

Perceived reality

Z

P

Subjective importance

Z

P

Patients

Relatives

Patients

Relatives

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean(SD)

Mean (SD)

Dimensions

 Medical-technical competence

3.57 (.49)

3.05 (.43)

2.023

.043

3.94 (.08)

3.78 (.28)

1.000

.317

 Physical – technical competence

3.74 (.44)

3.46 (.50)

 

.034

3.74 (.44)

3.76 (.43)

  

 Identity-oriented approach

3.41 (.37)

3.29 (.38)

2.106

.035

3.49 (.26)

3.60 (.38)

1.687

.092

Context-specific scales

 Aspects

  Competence (4)

3.50 (.46)

3.27 (.52)

1.279

.201

3.69 (.38)

3.81 (.35)

0.917

.359

  Continuity (4)

2.87 (.71)

2.59 (.71)

1.340

.180

3.26 (.63)

3.43 (.60)

0.885

.376

  Coordination and cooperation (4)

3.40 (.60)

2.95 (.64)

2.034

.042

3.61 (.47)

3.71 (.39)

0.879

.380

  Availability (6)

3.36 (.47)

3.22 (.31)

1.310

.258

3.54 (.34)

3.72 (.36)

0.632

.527

  1. Scale Perceived reality: 1 = Totally insecure, 2 = Fairly insecure, 3 = Fairly secure, 4 = Totally secure
  2. Scale Subjective importance: 1 = Of no importance, 2 = Of some importance, 3 = Of great importance, 4 = Of very great importance
  3. Z scores of 1.96 (or higher) indicate a 95% confidence interval for a two tailed test and directionality (Wilcoxon’s signed ranked test)
  4. P-values refer to the testing of difference between paired- sample (within patient-relative dyads) (Wilcoxon signed rank test)