Table 1 Workloads and job stresses, work-related stress measures and well-being among health professionals in particular and hospital employees in general
Caregivers & nurses (incl. midwives) | Physicians | All health professionals | Total hospital employees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 882 | N = 235 | N = 1441 | N = 1840 | |
Temporal workload | ||||
No regular overtime | 40.0% | 19.1% | 35.3% | 37.5% |
1–2 long hours/week | 42.7% | 22.6% | 39.4% | 37.0% |
3–5 long hours/week | 14.6% | 24.8% | 16.9% | 17.5% |
6+ long hours/week | 2.7% | 33.5% | 8.4% | 8.0% |
Physical workload | ||||
Low (0–1) | 7.9% | 29.7% | 15.3% | 17.8% |
Medium (2–5) | 42.6% | 57.2% | 47.1% | 46.6% |
High (6–10) | 39.1% | 12.2% | 30.3% | 28.6% |
Very high (11–20) | 10.4% | 0.9% | 7.3% | 6.9% |
Emotional job stress | ||||
Low (0–5) | 5.0% | 1.8% | 6.8% | 12.6% |
Medium (6–10) | 35.7% | 27.9% | 34.1% | 35.5% |
High (11–15) | 54.7% | 64.6% | 54.4% | 47.6% |
Very high (16–20) | 4.6% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Mental job stress | ||||
Low (0–5) | 27.9% | 15.4% | 24.8% | 26.5% |
Medium (6–7) | 42.1% | 38.2% | 41.2% | 40.1% |
High (8–9) | 23.4% | 34.6% | 26.3% | 25.7% |
Very high (10–15) | 6.7% | 11.8% | 7.6% | 7.7% |
Effort-reward imbalance | ||||
(Very) low (≤0.8) | 7.4% | 11.7% | 10.3% | 12.5% |
Moderate (> 0.8–1.0) | 22.2% | 23.4% | 23.0% | 23.9% |
High (> 1.0–1.5) | 56.0% | 53.7% | 53.5% | 51.1% |
Very high (> 1.5) | 14.5% | 11.2% | 13.3% | 12.6% |
Work-life imbalance | ||||
Low (0–5) | 29.4% | 7.9% | 28.7% | 35.2% |
Medium (6–10) | 36.8% | 23.7% | 33.9% | 32.1% |
High (11–15) | 27.2% | 45.2% | 28.6% | 25.4% |
Very high (16–20) | 6.6% | 23.2% | 8.8% | 7.3% |
Burnout symptoms | ||||
(Very) few (0–11) | 70.0% | 65.1% | 68.7% | 69.6% |
Some (12–15) | 23.3% | 22.0% | 22.9% | 22.2% |
Many (16–24) | 6.7% | 12.9% | 8.4% | 8.2% |
Thoughts of leaving the profession | ||||
Never (5) | 47.0% | 54.7% | 49.4% | 51.1% |
Several times per year (4) | 34.4% | 31.0% | 33.9% | 32.8% |
Several times per month to daily (1–3) | 18.5% | 14.2% | 16.7% | 16.1% |