Table 2

Description of the teams’ distribution of independent variables (CO, CLC and Leadership styles) for each team, and time in seconds to make the decision to go to surgery

Leadership
Team (n=16)CLC
(n)
CO
(n)
CLC/CO
(Per cent)
Time to decision
(seconds)
Decision within 15 min
(yes)
Authoritarian
(n)
Egalitarian
(n)
Team A11911394Yes2012
Team B31520770Yes26
Team C230778
Team D222902
Team E2268475Yes616
Team F7223209
Team H72133513
Team J1911239Yes911
Team K52520524Yes37
Team L1147361Yes22
Team M1157405Yes03
Team N1157383Yes43
Team O3142115
Team P135354
Team R3161935
Team S5261956
  • Each team had six participants.

  • CLC, closed-loop communication; CO, call-out.