Variable | Before Continuing education | After Continuing education | All the patients | p value |
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Gender | ||||
Female | 80 (47.1%) | 64 (48.1%) | 144 (47.5%) | p=0.946† † Chi-square test, |
Male | 89 (52.9%) | 69 (51.9%) | 158 (52.5%) | |
Age | 64.63±16.69 | 59.53±17.16 | 62.39±17.06 | p<0.010‡ ‡ Student t test and |
Days of hospitalization with MV* * presented as median±standard deviation (min - max). | 9±15.6 (1 - 75) | 8±20.76 (1 - 182) | 9±18.03 (1 - 182) | p=0.739 § § Mann-Whitney. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP); mechanical ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). |
Days in ICU* * presented as median±standard deviation (min - max). | 15 ±17.55 (1 - 78) | 14±22.17 (1 - 182) | 14±19.69 (1 - 182) | p=0.806 § § Mann-Whitney. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP); mechanical ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). |
Hospitalization days* * presented as median±standard deviation (min - max). | 28±28.84 (2 - 162) | 27±30.67 (2 - 187) | 28±29.62 (2 - 187) | p=0.944 § § Mann-Whitney. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP); mechanical ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). |
Outcome | ||||
Discharge | 72 (42.6%) | 56 (42.1%) | 128 (42.4%) | p=0.931† † Chi-square test, |
Death | 97 (57.4%) | 77 (57.9%) | 174 (57.6%) | |
Patients with VAP | 14 (8.2%) | 9 (6.8%) | 23 (7.6%) | p=0.795† † Chi-square test, |
Total of patients | 169 (55.9%) | 133 (44%) | 302 (100%) | - |
Bundle preventive measures n = 13490 |
Before Continuing education n(%) n = 6735 |
After Continuing education n(%) n = 6755 |
p value* * Chi-Square test. | General adherence to the measures (%) |
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Filter position | 1277 (94.8) | 1300 (96.2) | p=0.074 | 2577 (95.5) |
Elevated headboard | 1191 (88.4) | 1277 (94.5) | p<0.001 | 2468 (91.5) |
Oral hygiene | 1206 (89.5) | 1327 (98.2) | p<0.001 | 2533 (93.9) |
Teeth brushing | 1088 (80.8) | 1303 (96.4) | p<0.001 | 2391 (88.6) |
Cuff pressure | 1249 (92.7) | 1292 (95.6) | p=0.002 | 2541 (94.2) |
Total appropriate records (n = 12510) |
6011 (89.2) | 6499 (96.2) | p<0.001 | 12510 (100) |
Adequacy to preventive measure | ||||||
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Lower than % average of adherence and registration | X | Higher than the % average of adherence and registration | ||||
Variable | Filter position | Elevated headboard | Oral hygiene | Teeth brushing | Cuff pressure | |
MV days | 19±25.70 | 15±16.94 | 15±16.42 | 11±16.02 | 23±18.14 | |
(1 - 182) x | (2 - 70) x | (1 - 74) x | (1 - 75) x | (1 - 70) x | ||
7 ± 13.49 | 7±18.14 | 8±18.41 | 8±18.88 | 7±17.27 | ||
(1 - 75) | (1 - 182) | (1 - 182) | (1 - 182) | (1 - 182) | ||
p<0.001* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p<0.001* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p=0.002* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p=0.016* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p<0.001* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | ||
ICU stay days | 27±26.43 | 19.5±19.51 | 18.5±18.45 | 17±17.76 | 27±21.29 | |
(2 - 182) x | (2 - 82) x | (1 - 74) x | (1 - 80) x | (1 - 82) x | ||
12±15.66 | 12 ± 19.28 | 13±19.98 | 13±20.49 | 12±18.28 | ||
(1 - 80) | (1 - 182) | (1 - 182) | (1 - 182) | (1 - 182) | ||
p<0.001* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p<0.001* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p=0.015* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p=0.025* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p<0.001* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | ||
Hospitalization days Hospital | 43±33.52 | 32.5±27.21 | 34.5± 30.68 | 31±29.54 | 53.7±32.59 | |
(8 - 187) x | (2 - 124) x | (2 - 162) x | (2 - 162) x | (2 - 137) x | ||
24 ± 27.17 | 25.5±30.41 | 27±29.06 | 26±29.57 | 24±27.23 | ||
(2 - 162) | (2 - 187) | (2 - 187) | (2 - 187) | (2 - 187) | ||
p<0.001* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p=0.010* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p=0.034* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p=0.065* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). | p<0.001* * Mann-Whitney test. Mechanical Ventilator (MV); Intensive Care Unit (ICU). |