Table 4 Secondary outcomes measures concerning the ABCDE approach. Numbers are n (%) or mean (SD) with difference between the groups and 95% confidence interval (95%CI)
Outcome measure | Individual VR N = 149 | Individual TP N = 140 | Absolute diff. % points (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of participants that in the questionnaire had: | ||||
- all eight observations in correct ABCDE order | 81 (54.4) | 87 (62.1) | 7.8 (−3.6 to 19.1) | 0.180 |
- ABCDE in the right order | 136 (91.3) | 127 (90.7) | 0.6 (−7.2 to 6.0) | 0.868 |
Number of participants in the practical test who: | ||||
- had all eight observations documented, but ABCDE in wrong order | 6 (4.0) | 5 (3.6) | 0.5 (−4.9 to 4.0) | 0.840 |
- did not complete all eight observations | 106 (71.1) | 97 (69.3) | 1.9 (−12.4 to 8.7) | 0.730 |
- did not complete all eight observations, but had the right ABCDE order on the documented observations | 55 (36.9) | 56 (40.0) | 3.1 (−8.1 to 14.3) | 0.590 |
- wrote both the type of observation and the result of the observation | 89 (59.7) | 86 (61.4) | 1.7 (−9.6 to 13.0) | 0.768 |
Number of participants in practical test with correct observation of (independent of order): | ||||
- Airways | 145 (97.3) | 135 (96.4) | 0.9 (−4.9 to 3.1) | 0.664 |
- Respiratory frequency | 145 (97.3) | 125 (89.3) | 8.0 (2.3 to13.8) | 0.006 |
- Saturation | 141 (94.6) | 135 (96.4) | 1.8 (−3.0 to 6.5) | 0.461 |
- Blood Pressure | 144 (96.6) | 137 (97.9) | 1.2 (−2.5 to 5.0) | 0.530 |
- Pulse | 118 (79.2) | 121 (86.4) | 7.2 (−1.4 to 15.9) | 0.104 |
- Disability | 93 (62.4) | 84 (60.0) | 2.4 (−13.7 to 8.8) | 0.674 |
- Temperature | 84 (56.4) | 82 (58.6) | 2.2 (−9.2 to 13.6) | 0.706 |
- Skin | 77 (51.7) | 64 (45.7) | 6.0 (−17.5 to 5.5) | 0.311 |
Average number of observations documented from practical test | Mean 6.3 SD (1.5) | Mean 6.4 SD (1.4) | Mean diff. 0.05 95%CI (−0.382 to 0.285) | 0.775 |
Average number of observations documented in the right order from A (Airways) in practical test | Mean 5.1 SD (2.5) | Mean 5.2 SD (2.3) | Mean diff. 0.07 95%CI (− 0.623 to 0.478) | 0.796 |