Table 4

Relationship between focus (n=1074; 18 hospitals) during the time-out procedure and compliance with the time-out procedure

Model 0 (time-out procedure+age+sex)Model 1 (model 0+focus)
Fixed effectsEstimate (SE)Estimate (SE)
Time-out procedure (constant)1.540 (0.163)1.471 (0.156)
Focus0.567 (0.171)*
Patient's age−0.006 (0.005)−0.005 (0.005)
Patient's sex−0.012 (0.162)−0.016 (0.163)
Random effects
Variance components:
 Intraclass correlation8.9717.991
 Hospital (level 2)0.324 (0.154)*0.286 (0.140)*
 Surgical procedure (level 1)0.968 (0.042)0.966 (0.042)
  • *p<0.05.