Table 4 Comparison of staff, resident and facility characteristics’ between units with high and low degree of PCC
Low degree of PCC | High degree of PCC | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n 1 (%) | m (SD) | n 1 (%) | m (SD) | ||
Staff | |||||
Age (Years) | 47 (11.2) | 46.2 (11.4) | 0.051 | ||
Sex | |||||
Women | 1748 (95.6) | 1600 (95.2) | |||
Men | 81 (4.4) | 81 (4.8) | 0.582 | ||
Years of experience in aged care | 18.3 (10.3) | 17.6 (10.4) | 0.074 | ||
Years in this nursing home unit | 10.2 (8.2) | 9.6 (7.8) | 0.029 | ||
Education | |||||
Nurse | 5 (0.3) | 7 (0.4) | 0.327 | ||
Enrolled nurse | 1468 (80.7) | 1404 (84.6) | 0.002 | ||
Nurse assistants | 258 (14.2) | 196 (11.8) | 0.021 | ||
No formal education | 47 (2.6) | 33 (2.0) | 0.144 | ||
Other | 40 (2.2) | 60 (1.7) | 0.016 | ||
Resident | |||||
Age | 85.4 (7.9) | 85.6 (7.8) | 0.454 | ||
Sex | |||||
Women | 1428 (67.8) | 1576 (67.4) | |||
Men | 678 (32.2) | 764 (32.6) | 0.746 | ||
Length of stay (months) | 31.1 (31.3) | 30.2 (35.1) | 0.460 | ||
Cognitive impairment | 1281 (68.7) | 1316 (63.1) | 0.000 | ||
ADL dependent | 1154 (49.1) | 1195 (50.9) | 0.008 | ||
Facility | |||||
Number of beds per unit | 13.4 (5.8) | 12.4 (5.8) | > 0.001 | ||
Public nursing home2 assessmetns | 1566 (94.6) | 1439 (93.4) | |||
Private nursing home2 | 90 (5.4) | 102 (6.6) | 0.159 | ||
Dementia specific unit2 | 559 (30.6) | 571 (34.3) | |||
General unit2 | 1269 (69.4) | 1094 (65.7) | 0.019 | ||