Table 3 Time, frequency and duration by activity category at Site 1 and Site 2
From: The work pattern of personal care workers in two Australian nursing homes: a time-motion study
Category | Site | Time | Frequency per hour | Duration (seconds) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | 95% Confidence intervals | 8-hour shift (h:m:s) | Mean | Standard deviation | 95% Confidence intervals | |||||
Direct care | 1 | 30.9 | 28.7 | 33.0 | 2:28:05 | 14.5 | 75.6 | 143.5 | 67.4 | 83.8 |
2 | 30.7 | 28.1 | 33.2 | 2:27:07 | 19.6 | 56.5 | 56.7 | 53.8 | 59.1 | |
Indirect care | 1 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 17.9 | 1:19:55 | 10.6 | 56.1 | 54.5 | 52.5 | 59.8 |
2 | 18.4 | 16.7 | 20.2 | 1:28:22 | 13.2 | 50.5 | 46.8 | 47.9 | 53.2 | |
Infection control | 1 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 0:28:25 | 5.3 | 40.2 | 61.5 | 34.3 | 46.1 |
2 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 0:32:46 | 8.8 | 28.2 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 29.9 | |
Documentation | 1 | 4.1 a | 3.4 | 4.8 | 0:19:31 | 3.2 | 45.5 | 82.4 | 35.4 | 55.6 |
2 | 2.3 b | 1.7 | 3.0 | 0:11:13 | 1.4 | 58.8 | 80.7 | 44.9 | 72.7 | |
Transit | 1 | 3.4 a | 3.0 | 3.9 | 0:16:29 | 3.0 | 41.3 | 46.7 | 35.4 | 47.2 |
2 | 5.5 b | 4.5 | 6.6 | 0:26:34 | 3.0 | 67.1 | 84.4 | 57.0 | 77.1 | |
Staff break | 1 | 14.6 | 10.9 | 18.4 | 1:10:17 | 0.6 | 880.1 | 817.5 | 642.7 | 1117.5 |
2 | 15.7 | 11.0 | 20.4 | 1:15:24 | 0.7 | 815.0 | 845.4 | 603.8 | 1026.2 | |
Oral communication | 1 | 47.3 a | 39.3 | 55.3 | 3:47:00 | 18.8 | 90.7 | 140.9 | 80.0 | 101.5 |
2 | 63.5 b | 56.6 | 70.4 | 5:04:40 | 25.8 | 88.9 | 173.4 | 81.9 | 95.8 | |
Others | 1 | 0.5 a | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0:02:24 | 0.2 | 96.3 | 70.0 | 57.6 | 135.1 |
2 | 1.8 b | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0:08:46 | 0.6 | 110.3 | 118.5 | 78.3 | 142.3 | |