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Table 1 Sample description by care setting

From: Influencing factors on the health of nurses—a regression analysis considering individual and organizational determinants in Germany

 

All care settings

Total n = 528

Acute care hospital

Total n = 234

Inpatient care facility

Total n = 152

Outpatient care service

Total n = 142

Chi2

Individual Variables

Gender (n = 521; MD = 7)

    

16.00***

  Female [n; valid%]

440 (84.5%)

187 (81.0%)

121 (80.1%)

132 (95.0%)

 

  Male [n; valid%]

79 (15.2%)

42 (18.2%)

30 (19.9%)

7 (5.0%)

 

  Non-binary [n; valid%]

2 (0.4%)

2 (0.9%)

-

-

 

Age in years (n = 521; MD = 7)

    

28.00***

  18–20 [n; valid%]

10 (1.9%)

4 (1.7%)

4 (2.7%)

2 (1.4%)

 

  21–30 [n; valid%]

114 (21.9%)

65 (28.1%)

36 (24.2%)

13 (9.2%)

 

  31–40 [n; valid%]

114 (21.9%)

51 (22.1%)

34 (22.8%)

29 (20.6%)

 

  41–50 [n; valid%]

118 (22.6%)

59 (25.5%)

28 (18.8%)

31 (22%)

 

  51–60 [n; valid%]

142 (31.7%)

44 (19.0%)

43 (28.9%)

55 (39%)

 

  ≥ 61 [n; valid%]

23 (4.4%)

8 (3.5%)

4 (2.7%)

11 (7.8%)

 

Profession (n = 528; MD = 0)

    

90.30***

  Nurse [n; valid%]

353 (66.9%)

208 (88.9%)

80 (52.6%)

65 (45.8%)

 

  Nursing assistant [n; valid%]

76 (14.4%)

12 (5.1%)

37 (24.3%)

27 (19.0%)

 

  Nursing aid [n; valid%]

99 (18.8%)

14 (6.0%)

35 (23.0%)

50 (35.2%)

 

Working time (n = 517; MD = 11)

    

43.59***

   > 35 h/ week [n; valid%]

280 (54.2%)

156 (67.5%)

77 (52.7%)

47 (33.6%)

 

  15–34 h/ week[n; valid%]

218 (42.2%)

73 (31.2%)

64 (43.8%)

82 (58.6%)

 

   < 15 [n; valid%]

19 (3.7%)

3 (1.3%)

5 (3.4%)

11 (7.9%)

 

Work demands

QUANTI (n = 488; MD = 40)

  Mean (SD)a

2.70 (1.04)

3.05 (0.83)

2.09 (1.04)

2.66 (1.10)

64.78***

QUALI (n = 506; MD = 22)

  Mean (SD)a

2.61 (1.16)

2.81 (1.25)

2.24 (1.09)

2.66 (0.99)

22.22***

ORGA (n = 516; MD = 12)

  Mean (SD)a

2.94 (0.98)

2.89 (0.99)

3.13 (0.76)

2.80 (1.13)

4.98

SOCIAL (n = 493; MD = 35)

  Mean (SD)a

2.30 (0.97)

2.40 (0.93)

2.20 (0.99)

2.23 (1.02)

5.70

HOME (n = 508; MD = 20)

  Mean (SD)a

2.65 (1.05)

2.89 (1.15)

2.20 (0.99)

2.68 (0.73)

44.37***

Verbal violence (n = 524; MD = 4)

  Yes [n; %]

274 (52.3%)

160 (68.4%)

70 (47.3%)

44 (31.0%)

51.49***

Threats (n = 506; MD = 22)

  Yes [n; %]

82 (16.2%)

67 (29.8%)

10 (7.2%)

5 (3.5%)

55.55***

Physical violence (n = 500; MD = 28)

  Yes [n; %]

137 (27.4%)

90 (39.8%)

33 (24.3%)

14 (10.1%)

38.78***

Employee health

SH (n = 520; MD = 8)

  Mean (SD)b

2.39 (0.69)

2.31 (0.65)

2.40 (0.71)

2.52 (0.73)

9.05*

WA(n = 516; MD = 12)

  Mean (SD)

2.36 (0.86)

2.24 (0.82)

2.57 (0.87)

2.31 (0.87)

14.65***

  1. MD Missing data; range: a = [1(low)-4(high)], b = [1(very good)-5(very poor)], c= [1(poor)-4(excellent)]; Chi2 = Differences regarding the central tendencies of the groups
  2. *p < 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001