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Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: Building an ethical environment improves patient privacy and satisfaction in the crowded emergency department: a quasi-experimental study

Characteristic

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

p-value

(n=313)

(n=341)

Age, y, No (%)

  

0.12

 <20

13 (4.2)

30 (8.8)

 

 20–29

43 (13.7)

53 (15.5)

 

 30–39

65 (20.8)

71 (20.8)

 

 40–49

79 (25.2)

71 (20.8)

 

 50–59

63 (20.1)

61 (17.9)

 

 60–69

22 (7.0)

33 (9.7)

 

 >69

28 (9.0)

22 (6.5)

 

Males, No (%)

141 (45.1)

169 (49.6)

0.25

Treatment area

  

0.003

 Registered bed

231 (73.8)

215 (63.1)

 

 Hallway

82 (26.2)

126 (36.9)

 

Length of stay, min

Median, 147

Median, 140

0.38