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Table 1 mean, standard deviation and Kruskal-Wallis test on various health professions

From: Factors associated with work-private life conflict and leadership qualities among line managers of health professionals in Swiss acute and rehabilitation hospitals – a cross-sectional study

 

registered nurses (RN) (n = 1182)

RN with special traininga (n = 273)

nurse assistants (n = 430)

APN / CNS (n = 47)

Midwives (n = 63)

Physicians (n = 299)

medical-technical professionals (n = 241)

medical-therapeutic-professionals (n = 238)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Dependent variables

 Work-private life conflict ***

32.47

21.39

32.08

20.01

33.62

22.32

34.00

19.18

37.71

14.45

50.20

22.15

25.51

18.72

23.01

17.83

 Quality of leadership*

62.71

22.87

59.17

22.26

63.94

22.69

63.32

23.74

58.16

19.60

60.37

23.65

60.54

23.82

64.64

21.65

Independent variables

Demands at work

  Quantitative demands***

62.12

14.97

58.88

13.94

58.06

15.91

61.35

14.86

63.84

10.00

67.15

15.89

57.19

13.90

56.57

16.66

  Emotional demands***

61.85

14.54

65.56

12.54

66.10

15.18

61.57

17.92

43.95

11.37

60.37

12.86

52.74

16.28

58.75

11.38

  Physical demands***

43.52

21.65

44.27

19.56

53.89

22.40

39.53

23.24

33.89

15.93

23.85

14.77

40.76

19.89

34.57

21.96

  Demands to hide emotions*

42.53

22.99

47.24

21.57

42.06

23.48

43.75

19.14

45.97

15.82

43.99

21.22

42.29

22.64

43.17

20.06

  Work environment***

41.41

18.39

51.03

18.41

41.43

17.93

40.63

22.94

27.46

14.51

30.50

20.05

45.48

17.80

26.33

18.75

Work organization and job contents

  Possibilities for development***

73.60

14.17

71.62

14.53

70.88

16.69

71.81

16.90

76.21

12.61

77.48

14.61

73.37

14.15

75.07

13.99

  Influence at work***

48.13

19.45

45.62

18.01

45.93

20.17

54.89

19.29

43.44

15.45

49.61

21.35

40.60

20.50

59.67

16.21

  Scope for breaks / holidays***

57.15

19.68

57.60

18.71

53.25

21.40

62.77

23.20

54.17

19.07

60.34

18.33

63.22

16.55

55.21

20.86

  Meaning of work***

84.21

15.53

82.53

15.94

81.85

16.74

77.72

16.86

90.32

12.69

82.47

18.18

83.97

16.24

79.73

15.67

  Bond with the organization***

59.14

19.84

54.37

19.53

61.69

21.37

55.16

16.37

56.14

17.58

59.92

19.00

63.79

18.44

60.42

17.76

Social relations and leadership

  Predictability

62.23

19.28

60.20

18.57

64.34

19.49

61.14

18.30

64.75

15.89

59.73

19.91

63.01

17.93

61.99

18.78

  Rewards*

53.54

26.62

49.91

24.91

53.12

27.66

54.89

27.19

48.33

23.41

56.48

27.86

55.68

25.32

52.27

26.18

  Role clarity***

80.24

13.80

79.58

13.31

80.29

14.11

74.46

17.07

77.73

11.88

76.36

15.33

80.30

14.60

75.69

14.50

  Role conflicts***

41.49

20.41

42.02

20.04

41.17

21.45

46.20

22.20

49.18

17.92

41.25

20.31

36.14

19.45

35.29

18.27

  Social support at work*

75.23

16.79

73.77

15.61

73.47

17.08

74.32

17.59

73.62

15.66

72.54

20.52

75.53

16.06

78.21

16.69

  Feedback***

50.03

20.08

44.15

19.65

53.48

20.64

50.82

18.71

50.64

17.28

44.60

21.79

47.39

20.66

45.87

19.96

  Social relations***

62.45

22.81

62.19

24.72

66.34

22.24

61.67

25.89

55.51

23.24

63.70

23.99

72.26

22.42

52.31

26.97

  Social community at work***

78.33

13.72

75.94

11.82

78.42

15.36

78.53

14.83

77.33

13.23

79.50

14.29

79.82

12.86

83.47

14.72

  Unfair behavior***

14.47

21.27

14.16

19.81

18.48

24.03

22.22

25.13

18.97

23.09

13.30

20.76

15.55

21.58

9.65

17.34

Person-work interface factors

  Job insecurity***

16.28

17.94

14.00

16.64

23.55

21.33

20.70

23.29

16.33

19.47

13.20

15.69

21.61

19.89

15.03

15.34

  Insecurity of work environment***

31.94

25.05

34.84

26.30

37.84

26.84

36.41

28.12

29.71

23.40

32.28

24.76

33.57

23.04

27.91

22.55

Work-private life (im)balance

  Demarcation***

33.58

21.27

34.99

22.00

36.39

22.09

35.83

21.25

35.99

19.74

49.63

25.09

36.93

22.33

31.89

21.66

  1. highest and lowest mean are marked; significant Kruskal-Wallis Test *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, aRN with special training in emergency medicine, intensive care or anaesthesia