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Table 3 Means, standard deviations and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for questionnaire domains and subdomains in Hospitals 1 and 2

From: Working while sick: validation of the multidimensional presenteeism exposures and productivity survey for nurses (MPEPS-N)

 

Hospital 1

Hospital 2

 

Alpha

Mean (SD)

Alpha

Mean (SD)

P-value

Work Resources

0.90

3.32 (0.54)

0.90

3.36 (0.52)

0.40

 Task Significance a

0.90

3.73 (0.74)

0.86

3.75 (0.68)

0.19

 Work Schedule a

0.90

3.28 (0.90)

0.87

3.34 (0.87)

0.29

 Social Support a

0.77

3.24 (0.69)

0.76

3.36 (0.63)

< 0.001**

 Social Feedbacka

0.87

3.39 (0.75)

0.89

3.33 (0.73)

0.24

 Organizational Carea

0.94

2.61 (0.90)

0.91

2.65 (0.96)

0.57

 Rewardsa

0.75

3.02 (0.74)

0.81

3.16 (0.77)

0.01*

Work Demands

0.78

3.23 (0.44)

0.78

3.38 (0.39)

< 0.001**

 Physical Demandsa

0.96

3.53 (1.05)

0.93

3.89 (0.83)

< 0.001**

 Team Psych Demandsa

0.85

2.76 (0.73)

0.82

2.96 (0.71)

< 0.001**

 Efforta

0.82

4.01 (0.77)

0.80

3.96 (0.72)

0.36

 Ease of Substitutiona

0.65

2.99 (0.92)

0.69

3.10 (0.89)

0.09

Work Engagementa

0.87

3.03 (0.74)

0.90

3.09 (0.71)

0.27

Health Locus of Controla

0.75

3.13 (0.58)

0.76

2.91 (0.69)

0.06

Work Stress

0.88

2.56 (1.31)

0.89

2.05 (1.31)

< 0.001**

 Emotional Exhaustion b

0.92

3.24 (1.57)

0.92

2.66 (1.59)

< 0.001**

 Depersonalization b

0.84

1.42 (1.46)

0.90

1.03 (1.38)

< 0.001**

  1. Note: a5-point Likert scale (1- strongly disagree to 5- strongly agree)
  2. b7-point Likert scale (0 - never to 6 - every day)
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001