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Table 3 Flow situations in relation to different shifts, activities and social contexts.

From: Flow situations during everyday practice in a medical hospital ward. Results from a study based on experience sampling method

Variable

Categories (number of observations)

Observations of flow situations/non-flow situations

% of flow

p valuea

Shift

Daytime (n = 266)

30/236

11.3

 
 

Evening (n = 121)

15/106

12.4

 
 

Nightshift (n = 109)

11/98

10.1

0.859

Social context

Alone (n = 262)

32/230

13.9

 
 

Someone else present (n = 235)

25/210

10.6

0.582

Activity

Nursing (n = 169)

12/157

7.1

 
 

Medical care (n = 92)

19/73

20.7

 
 

Administration and communication (n = 162)

18/144

11.1

 
 

Taking a break (n = 55)

6/49

10.9

 
 

Other activities (n = 16)

1/15

6.3

0.023

  1. a Results from chi square test. Bold when significant.