Task characteristics and status (extraction of the dataset from the period of April 2015 to October 2017)
| Task characteristics | N (%) |
| Task requested* | 198 |
| Insertion of nasogastric tube | 40 (20.2) |
| Insertion of nasogastric tube with paediatrics | 2 (1.0) |
| Wound dressing | 124 (62.6) |
| Wound dressing with paediatrics | 2 (1.0) |
| Urinary catheterisation | 30 (15.2) |
| Task status | |
| Completed (task performed by nurse) | 114 (57.6) |
| Cancelled (task cancelled and rescheduled by administrator) | 67 (33.8) |
| Deleted (task removed by administrator) | 17 (8.6) |
| Distance from home location to tasks† | |
| ≤3 km | 43 (37.7) |
| >3 to ≤6 km | 26 (22.8) |
| >6 to ≤10 km | 12 (10.5) |
| >10 to ≤15 km | 31 (27.2) |
| >15 to ≤20 km | 2 (1.8) |
*One patient may have more than one task created for example, three times a week for wound dressing, monthly nasogastric tube changes or urinary catheterisation.
†Eighty-four (42.4%) tasks did not have information on the distance from home location to tasks.