Most of the patients required moderate, increased, and
intensive nursing care (79.6%) (driving question 3) (Table 3).
Among the patients there were 151 (50.3%) individuals who
gained 14 and less points in Norton’s scale, and 149 (49.7%) had 14
and more points.
The average CDS sum-scores achieved by the patients was 50,
including 49.3 in men, and 51.1 in women. 109 patients (36.3%)
were fully dependent on nursing care, 75 subjects (25%) were
partly dependent, and remaining 116 (38.7%) were almost
independent in fulfilling their needs. Higher CDS sum-scores
(56.7) was observed in patients with single disease units whereas
patients with multisystem diseases manifested significantly lower
result of 48 (p < 0.05). The answer to the driving question 4 was