Table 2
Mean time spent on care activities undertaken by families of patients
| Mean care time per patient (min) | Mean care time per patient per day (min) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care activities | Hospital care (n=69) | Home care (n=56) | Difference (home − hospital) (%) | p value | Hospital care | Home care | Difference (home − hospital) (%) | p value |
| *t test with equal variances. | ||||||||
| †t test with unequal variances. | ||||||||
| Physical | ||||||||
| Changing nappies | 26 | 42 | +16 (+59%) | 0.04† | 21 | 21 | +1 (+3%) | 0.90* |
| Feeding | 98 | 122 | +24 (+25%) | 0.18* | 79 | 71 | −7 (−9%) | 0.58* |
| Bathing | 27 | 23 | −4 (−14%) | 0.53* | 22 | 12 | −10 (−47%) | 0.02† |
| Taking temperature | 2 | 4 | +2 (+79%) | 0.48* | 2 | 2 | 0 (−22%) | 0.75* |
| Medication | 5 | 14 | +9 (+175%) | 0.02† | 4 | 7 | +3 (+59%) | 0.22* |
| Putting to bed | 11 | 10 | −2 (−16%) | 0.70* | 9 | 4 | −5 (−54%) | 0.13† |
| All physical care activities | 169 | 215 | +45 (+27%) | 0.08† | 137 | 117 | −20 (−15%) | 0.28* |
| Social | ||||||||
| Playing | 85 | 52 | −34 (−39%) | 0.09* | 74 | 26 | −47 (−65%) | 0.004† |
| Cuddling | 38 | 75 | +37 (+96%) | 0.32* | 35 | 55 | +20 (+58%) | 0.57* |
| Talking/singing | 14 | 9 | −5 (−33%) | 0.46* | 11 | 5 | −6 (−55%) | 0.16† |
| Calming/comforting | 48 | 58 | +11 (+22%) | 0.65* | 41 | 37 | −4 (−10%) | 0.84* |
| All social care activities | 185 | 195 | +9 (+5%) | 0.87* | 161 | 124 | −37 (−23%) | 0.48* |
| All care activities | 355 | 409 | +54 (+15%) | 0.43* | 298 | 241 | −57 (−19%) | 0.35* |
