From: Patients’ experiences of cold exposure during ambulance care
Total | Experience of cold | No experience of cold | p-value | phi | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||||
≤ 59 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0.512 | |
≥ 60 | 41 | 17 | 24 | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0.875 | |
Female | 34 | 14 | 20 | ||
Clothing | |||||
Thin | 21 | 11 | 10 | ||
Medium | 31 | 12 | 19 | ||
Thick | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||
Observation start | |||||
Indoor | 54 | 22 | 32 | ||
Outdoor | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||
Observation time (minutes) | 18 | 21 | |||
Cold mattress | |||||
Yes | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.001 | 0.46 |
No | 48 | 15 | 33 | ||
Shivering | |||||
Yes | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0.018 | 0.34 |
No | 47 | 5 | 42 | ||
Thermal discomfort from cold | |||||
Yes | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.62 |
No | 48 | 35 | 13 |