Percentage of utterances for each handover type and study site (total number) | |||||||
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Resuscitation | Majors | Referral | |||||
A | B | A | B | A | B | C | |
Information seeking | |||||||
Closed question | 3.5 (9) | 11.2 (72) | 4.8 (46) | 5.0 (68) | 8.9 (155) | 11.1 (156) | 11.6 (151) |
Open question | 10.9 (28) | 1.2 (8) | 0.9 (9) | 1.0 (14) | 5.3 (93) | 5.1 (72) | 4.5 (59) |
Clarifying question | 2.7 (7) | 3.7 (24) | 2.5 (24) | 3.8 (52) | 1.8 (31) | 3.3 (46) | 4.5 (59) |
Information giving | |||||||
Description | 61.3 (157) | 62.7 (404) | 66.0 (630) | 65.8 (900) | 48.2 (840) | 50.8 (714) | 45.6 (596) |
Explanation | 5.5 (14) | 0.6 (4) | 1.3 (12) | 0.7 (10) | 4.9 (86) | 2.2 (31) | 4.6 (60) |
Rationale | 3.5 (9) | 1.9 (12) | 6.1 (58) | 0.4 (5) | 2.1 (37) | 3.3 (46) | 2.5 (32) |
Directive | 0.4 (1) | 5.6 (36) | 2.3 (22) | 2.3 (31) | 0.3 (6) | 1.1 (15) | 1.6 (21) |
Context talk | 0.8 (2) | 1.2 (8) | 1.5 (14) | 5.4 (74) | 5.3 (93) | 1.4 (20) | 2.5 (33) |
Social amenities | 11.3 (29) | 10.6 (68) | 14.7 (140) | 15.2 (208) | 16.0 (279) | 18.1 (254) | 16.6 (217) |
Decision | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (2) | 2.1 (37) | 2.2 (31) | 2.0 (26) |
Information verifying | |||||||
Read-back | 0 (0) | 1.2 (8) | 0 (0) | 0.2 (3) | 4.9 (86) | 1.4 (20) | 4.0 (52) |