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

Table 6 Correlations between COPSOQ scores and proportions of time spent on work tasks and age^a

		Role conflicts and Total administration and service			Role conflicts and Patient-related administration			Quantitative demands and Total administration and service			Role conflicts and Direct patient-related work tasks			Role conflicts and Age			Stress and Age
Professions	n	r-factor	p-value	n	r-factor	p-value	n	r-factor	p-value	n	r-factor	p-value	n	r-factor	p-value	n	r-factor	p-value
Allied professionals	29	0.566	0.001	29	0.432	0.019	29	0.168	0.385	29	−0.193	0.315	39	0.394^b	0.013	39	−0.106	0.519
Primary care physician	52	0.299	0.031	52	0.199	0.157	52	0.293	0.035	52	−0.093	0.511	63	0.081	0.526	63	0.254^c	0.045
Registered nurse	116	0.110	0.242	116	0.020	0.829	117	0.128	0.169	117	−0.184^d	0.047	125	0.212	0.018	125	0.132	0.143
Care administrator	51	0.144	0.314	52	−0.128	0.365	52	−0.183	0.195	47	0.207	0.163	63	0.192	0.132	63	0.105	0.412
Nurse Assistant	32	0.070	0.702	32	0.084	0.646	32	0.235	0.195	33	0.004	0.984	35	0.357	0.035	35	0.425	0.011
Overall	280	0.050	0.403	281	0.038	0.531	282	−0.027	0.657	278	−0.080	0.183	325	0.245	< 0.001	325	0.175	0.002

^aPearson’s correlation; ^bThe younger the staff member, the more role conflicts reported; ^cThe younger the staff member, the more stress reported; ^dThe less time spent on direct patient work tasks, the more role conflicts reported

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