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Table 3 Study outcomes stratified by measure type (implementation vs. intervention) and data type (qualitative vs. quantitative)

From: Handoffs and transitions in critical care (HATRICC): protocol for a mixed methods study of operating room to intensive care unit handoffs

  

Measure type

  

Implementation

Intervention

Data type

Qualitative

Acceptability (primary)

Handoff quality

Appropriateness

Fidelity

Sustainability

Quantitative

Acceptability*

Information omissions, number (primary)

Handoff accuracy

Handoff duration

Team members present, number

Teamwork quality**

Fidelity

Professionalism

Diagnostic test utilization

Medication orders

Patient ICU length of stay

Patient ICU mortality

Patient hospital mortality

  1. *Assessed with 5-point Likert scale.
  2. **Assessed with 3-point scale.