Table 4 Comparison of mattress, air and patient finger temperature between the groups who reported the mattress to be cold (n = 14) and those who did not (n = 48)
From: Patients’ experiences of cold exposure during ambulance care
Experience of cold matt | No experience of cold matt | p-value | Cohen’s d | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Mattress | −8.45 | 9.16 | −2.521 | 5.971 | 0.036 | 0.77 |
Air | 18.73 | 3.79 | 18.701 | 4.621 | 0.982 | 0.01 |
Finger | 26.15 | 5.56 | 28.06 | 5.51 | 0.270 | 0.35 |