Time utilization and perceived psychosocial work environment among staff in Swedish primary care settings

Table 2 Comparisons between self-estimated and self-reported proportions of time spent on work tasks

		Direct patient-related work tasks					Indirect patient-related work tasks					Other work tasks
		Self-assessed	Self-reported				Self-assessed	Self-reported				Self-assessed	Self-reported
Professions	n	%	%	CI for difference in mean	p	n	%	%	CI for difference in mean	p	n	%	%	CI for difference in mean	p
Registered nurse	120	54.5	42.2	9.5–15.2	< 0.001	119	27.6	27.2	−2.1-2.8	0.750	120	18.7	30.9	14.4–9.9	< 0.001
Physician	52	42.9	34.4	4.7–12.3	< 0.001	52	35.7	32.3	0.3–6.4	0.031	52	21.3	33.3	17.1–6.9	< 0.001
Care administrator	49	22.8	20.3	−1.7–6.6	0.238	56	57.9	44.8	7.3–18.8	< 0.001	57	21.3	38.5	22.6–11.8	< 0.001
Nurse assistant	33	53.5	40.2	7.3–19.3	< 0.001	33	22.5	18.5	−0.7-8.7	0.092	33	22.6	41.4	22.8–14.8	< 0.001
Allied professionals	31	58.0	40.5	11.0–24.1	< 0.001	31	22.4	27.0	−8.6-0.6	0.025	31	16.8	32.5	21.1–10.3	< 0.001
Overall	285	47.2	36.6	8.7–12.5	< 0.001	291	33.7	30.5	1.4–5.0	< 0.001	293	19.9	34.2	16.0–12.4	< 0.001

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