Which patients with lower respiratory tract infections need inpatient treatment? Perceptions of physicians, nurses, patients and relatives

Table 3 Main nursing factors leading to hospitalization of patients with LRTIs

	Low Risk CAP patients (PSI class I-III)					High risk CAP patients (PSI class IV-V)
	(n = 181)					(n = 215)
	Physicians	Nurses	Patients	Relatives	P values	Physicians	Nurses	Patients	Relatives	P values
	(n = 167)	(n = 154)	(n = 158)	(n = 45)		(n = 200)	(n = 182)	(n = 178)	(n = 67)
Support in activities of daily living	54.2	36.8	50.9	36.8	0.01	46.9	40.1	43.4	34.2	<0.001
Oral drug intake	3.4	16.7	12.3	10.5	0.75	3.4	9.7	8.5	12.3	<0.001
Personal hygiene	11.9	18.4	24.6	26.3	0.7	18.3	22.8	20.2	21.9	0.02
Mobility	18.6	13.2	10.5	15.8	0.08	22.3	18	20.2	17.8	0.034
Others	8.5	14	1.8	5.3	0.16	2.3	5.6	5.4	8.2	0.04
	Patients with acute bronchitis					Patients with ECOPD
	*(n = 45)*					*(n = 103)*
	Physicians	Nurses	Patients	Relatives	*P values*	Physicians	Nurses	Patients	Relatives	*P values*
	(n = 40)	(n = 35)	(n = 39)	(n = 10)		(n = 94)	(n = 86)	(n = 86)	(n = 29)
Support in activities of daily living	45.5	54.2	52.4	33.3	<0.001	52.5	34.5	46.7	60	<0.001
Dementia	3	0	0	0	0.57	3.3	1.8	0	6.7	0.23
Oral drug intake	12.1	12.5	9.5	16.7	0.01	4.9	15.9	13.3	13.3	0.003
Personal hygiene	21.2	12.5	23.8	33.3	0.03	14.8	20.4	13.3	6.7	0.02
Mobility	15.2	8.3	14.3	16.7	0.03	19.7	16.8	17.8	13.3	0.02
Others	3	12.5	0	0	0.004	4.9	10.6	8.9	0	0.23

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