Discomfort and factual recollection in intensive care unit patients

Table 3 Items of factual recollection by intensive care unit patients and the reference group

	Correct (%)		Incorrect (%)		Don't know (%)
Factual recollection	ICU group	Reference group	ICU group	Reference group	ICU group	Reference group
Type of patients' clothing^†	68	100	12	0	20	0
Gender of nursing staff^†	66	98	7	2	27	0
Place of intravenous access^†	65	98	11	0	24	2
Color of staff uniform^†	62	98	14	2	24	0
Number of fellow patients*	62	71	8	17	30	12
Type of personal hygiene^†	62	98	7	2	31	0
Logo on staff uniform^†	55	88	5	0	40	12
Type of lighting†	54	96	12	4	34	0
Reason inability to talk^†	50	94	24	6	26	0
Time of personal hygiene^†	48	100	3	0	49	0
Toilet visits†	42	100	32	0	26	0
Alternative headstand positions of bed^†	42	92	18	6	40	2
Type of food received^†	23	100	54	0	23	0
Time of ward round^†	11	98	34	0	55	2

*P < 0.05 and ^†P < 0.005, intensive care unit patients versus reference group, by ?² test.

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