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Table 5 Frequency of indicators per study

From: Nurses’ worry or concern and early recognition of deteriorating patients on general wards in acute care hospitals: a systematic review

 

First author, year, reference

Change in breathing

Change in circulation

Temperature

Change in mentation

Agitation

Pain

Unexpected trajectory

Patient indicates feeling unwell

Subjective nurses observation

Knowing without a rationale

Number of indicators described per study

Analysis of qualitative studies

Andrews, 2005 [11]

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

7

Cioffi, 2009 [26]

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Cioffi, 2000 [27]

x

x

  

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Cox, 2006 [30]

        

x

x

2

Donaldson, 2009 [31]

 

x

 

x

    

x

x

4

Endacott, 2007 [33]

    

x

   

x

 

2

Gazarian, 2010 [34]

   

x

x

   

x

x

4

Leach, 2010 [35]

    

x

   

x

 

2

Massey, 2014 [36]

x

        

x

2

McDonnell, 2013 [37]

 

x

 

x

    

x

x

4

Minick, 2003 [38]

x

x

 

x

x

x

  

x

x

7

Pattison, 2011 [39]

 

x

      

x

x

3

Williams, 2011 [40]

         

x

1

Analysis of worry RRS calls

Boniatti, 2010 [20]

x

x

x

x

 

x

    

5

Hourihan, 1995 [21]

x

   

x

x

x

   

4

Laurens, 2011 [22]

     

x

x

   

2

Parr, 2001 [23]

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

   

7

Santiano, 2009 [24]

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

   

6

Total number of studies describing an indicator

 

9

9

3

9

10

8

7

2

11

11

 
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