Physicians' and nurses' opinions on selective decontamination of the digestive tract and selective oropharyngeal decontamination: a survey

Table 5 Median grades (interquartile ranges) for the three intervention periods

	N	SDD	SOD	Standard care	P value^⁪
		median (IQR)	median (IQR)	median (IQR)
Nurses
Workload^a	207	5.0 (4.0-7.0)	4.0 (3.0-6.0)	2.0 (1.0-4.0)	0.000
Pt friendliness^b	197	4.0 (2.0-5.0)	4.0 (3.0-6.0)	7.0 (3.0-9.0)	0.000
Physicians
Workload^a	30	5.5 (3.8-7.0)	5.0 (3.0-6.0)	2.5 (2.0-4.0)	0.000
Pt friendliness^b	27	6.0 (4.0-7.0)	6.0 (4.0-6.0)	8.0 (6.0-9.0)	0.003

IQR, interquartile range; N, number of responses; pt, patient; SDD, selective decontamination of the digestive tract; SOD, selective oropharyngeal decontamination.
^⁪ significance based upon Friedman test.
^a Workload measured on a scale from 1 (low) to 10 (high).
^b Patient friendliness measured on a scale from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent).

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