Table 2 Descriptive statistics of outcomes and independent variables
Finland | Norway | Sweden | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Per-cent | N | Per-cent | N | Per-cent | FI vs NO | FI vs SW | NO vs SW | |
Level of involvement in direct patient care | |||||||||
How would you describe your role in caring for most of the patients on your most recent shift? Mark the one option that fits best. | |||||||||
I provided most care myself | 657 | 58% | 2,448 | 65% | 3,016 | 27% | 0.0641a | <0.0001a | <0.0001a |
I supervised the care by others and provided some myself. | 302 | 27% | 940 | 25% | 5,697 | 52% | |||
I provided only limited care such as dressing changes or drug administration and most of direct care was done by others | 89 | 8% | 291 | 8% | 1,806 | 16% | |||
Missing | 85 | 8% | 73 | 2% | 496 | 5% | |||
Total | 1,133 | 100% | 3,752 | 100% | 11,015 | 100% | |||
Patient workload | |||||||||
How many patients were you directly responsible for on the most recent shift you worked? | |||||||||
Overall mean (Low ≤ CI 95% ≤ High) | 9.42 (9.06-9.78) | 6.54 (6.42-6.66) | 7.59 (7.50-7.68) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
Is the number of patients in preceding question typical of your workload? | |||||||||
Less | 439 | 39% | 1,252 | 33% | 769 | 7% | <0.0001a | <0.0001a | <0.0001a |
Same | 497 | 44% | 2,090 | 56% | 6,790 | 62% | |||
More | 128 | 11% | 332 | 9% | 2,729 | 25% | |||
Missing | 69 | 6% | 78 | 2% | 727 | 7% | |||
Of all the patients were you directly responsible for on your most recent shift, how many required assistance with all activities of daily living? | |||||||||
Overall mean (Low ≤ CI 95% ≤ High) | 4.47 (4.24-4.70) | 3.04 (2.97-3.12) | 2.71 (2.66-2.76) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
Of all the patients were you directly responsible for on your most recent shift, how many required hourly or more frequent monitoring or treatments? | |||||||||
Overall mean (Low ≤ CI 95% ≤ High) | 3.55 (3.36-3.74) | 1.92 (1.84-2.00) | 2.64 (2.58-2.70) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
Job satisfaction and intention to leave | |||||||||
How satisfied are you with your current job in this hospital? | |||||||||
Very dissatisfied | 38 | 3% | 94 | 3% | 468 | 4% | <0.0001b | <0.0001b | <0.0001b |
A little dissatisfied | 262 | 23% | 679 | 18% | 1,937 | 18% | |||
Moderately satisfied | 665 | 59% | 2,071 | 55% | 6,161 | 56% | |||
Very satisfied | 149 | 13% | 885 | 24% | 2,284 | 21% | |||
Missing | 19 | 2% | 23 | 1% | 165 | 1% | |||
Would you recommend your hospital to a nurse colleague as a good place to work? | |||||||||
Definitely no | 12 | 1% | 59 | 2% | 433 | 4% | <0.0001b | <0.0001b | <0.0001b |
Probably no | 171 | 15% | 455 | 12% | 2,353 | 21% | |||
Probably yes | 693 | 61% | 2,183 | 58% | 5,758 | 52% | |||
Definitely yes | 229 | 20% | 1,034 | 28% | 2,223 | 20% | |||
Missing | 28 | 2% | 21 | 1% | 248 | 2% | |||
If possible, would you leave your current hospital within the next year as a result of job dissatisfaction? | |||||||||
Yes | 546 | 48% | 942 | 25% | 3,651 | 33% | <0.0001c | <0.0001c | <0.0001c |
No | 565 | 50% | 2,770 | 74% | 7,181 | 65% | |||
Missing | 22 | 2% | 40 | 1% | 183 | 2% | |||
If yes, what type of work would you seek? | |||||||||
Nursing in another hospital | 277 | 51% | 344 | 30% | 1,134 | 31% | <0.0001a | <0.0001a | <0.0001a |
Nursing, but not in a hospital | 154 | 28% | 417 | 37% | 1,470 | 40% | |||
Non-nursing | 114 | 21% | 375 | 33% | 765 | 21% | |||
Missing | 1 | 0.2% | 282 | 8% | |||||