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Table 1 Discourse types and clinical reasoning scores by periods

From: The effect of social interaction on decision making in emergency ambulance teams: a statistical discourse analysis

Period

Discourse

Group 1

f (%)

Group 2

f (%)

Group 3

f (%)

Group 4

f (%)

Group 5

f (%)

Group 6

f (%)

1

Informing

11 (13.4)

46 (24.2)

20 (22)

31 (21.4)

61 (36.3)

19 (21.3)

Responding

2 (2.4)

----

2 (2.2)

2 (1.4)

----

----

Correcting

----

4 (2.1)

----

3 (2.1)

4 (2.4)

3 (3.4)

Giving More Information

4 (4.9)

----

----

----

----

----

Ignoring

----

----

1 (1.1)

3 (2.1)

1 (0.6)

1 (1.1)

Repeating

----

3 (1.6)

1 (1.1)

----

----

----

Rejecting

2 (2.4)

7 (3.7)

4 (4.4)

8 (5.5)

5 (3)

6 (6.7)

Approving

23 (28)

56 (29.5)

29 (31.9)

25 (17.2)

39 (23.2)

27 (30.3)

Suggesting

15 (18.3)

57 (30)

22 (24.2)

54 (37.2)

37 (22)

22 (24.7)

Asking Question

7 (8.5)

7 (3.7)

2 (2.2)

13 (9)

11 (6.5)

6 (6.7)

Guiding/Directing

18 (22)

10 (5.3)

10 (11)

6 (4.1)

10 (6)

5 (5.6)

Total

82 (100)

190 (100)

91 (100)

145 (100)

168 (100)

89 (100)

2

Informing

4 (7.7)

31 (35.2)

18 (23.1)

28 (28.9)

42 (42)

14 (31.8)

Responding

1 (1.9)

----

----

1 (1)

----

----

Correcting

----

1 (1.1)

2 (2.6)

5 (5.2)

1 (1)

4 (9.1)

Giving More Information

5 (9.6)

----

----

----

----

----

Ignoring

1 (1.9)

----

----

----

1 (1)

----

Repeating

----

----

----

----

----

----

Rejecting

1 (1.9)

3 (3.4)

1 (1.3)

2 (2.1)

1 (1)

3 (6.8)

Approving

17 (32.7)

17 (19.3)

20 (25.6)

29 (29.9)

25 (25)

6 (13.6)

Suggesting

6 (11.5)

18 (20.5)

22 (28.2)

19 (19.6)

17 (17)

9 (20.5)

Asking Question

7 (13.5)

17 (19.3)

4 (5.1)

3 (3.1)

4 (4)

5 (11.4)

Guiding/Directing

10 (19.2)

1 (1.1)

11 (14.1)

10 (10.3)

6 (6)

3 (6.8)

Total

52 (100)

88 (100)

78 (100)

97 (100)

100 (100)

44 (100)

3

Informing

2 (4.9)

35 (25.4)

12 (27.3)

23 (27.1)

10 (17.9)

11 (21.2)

Responding

1 (2.4)

----

----

1 (1.2)

----

----

Correcting

----

----

----

1 (1.2)

----

3 (5.8)

Giving More Information

3 (7.3)

----

----

----

----

----

Ignoring

----

2 (1.4)

4 (9.1)

----

----

2 (3.8)

Repeating

----

3 (2.2)

----

----

----

----

Rejecting

----

6 (4.3)

2 (4.5)

1 (1.2)

2 (3.6)

4 (7.7)

Approving

9 (22)

39 (28.3)

8 (18.2)

20 (23.5)

21 (37.5)

14 (26.9)

Suggesting

----

29 (21)

13 (29.5)

27 (31.8)

13 (23.2)

14 (26.9)

Asking Question

4 (9.8)

13 (9.4)

2 (4.5)

9 (10.6)

5 (8.9)

3 (5.8)

Guiding/Directing

8 (19.5)

11 (8)

3 (6.8)

3 (3.5)

5 (8.9)

1 (1.9)

Total

41 (100)

138 (100)

44 (100)

85 (100)

56 (100)

52 (100)

General Total

175 (100)

416 (100)

213 (100)

327 (100)

324 (100)

185 (100)

Correct Intervention Scores

54

70

50

75

95

52

  1. f: Frequency, %: Percent