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Table 3 Work Activity Factors Perceived by Respondents as Affecting Nurse-Doctor Working Relationship in University Teaching Hospitals in Southern Health Zone of Nigeria, 2002

From: Questionnaire survey of working relationships between nurses and doctors in University Teaching Hospitals in Southern Nigeria

Work Activity Factors

Doctors (N = 67)

Nurses (N = 158)

Multivariate p-value

 

Effect N (%)

No effect N (%)

Effect N (%)

No effect N (%)

 

Staff shortage

38 (59.4)

26 (40.6)

120 (79.5)

31 (20.5)

0.004

Inadequate drug administration

50 (76.9)

15 (23.1)

86 (57.7)

63 (42.3)

0.12

Dictating how work should be done

45 (69.2)

20 (30.8)

117 (79.6)

30 (20.4)

0.13

Amount of information provided about patients

45 (69.2)

20 (30.8)

97 (65.5)

51 (34.5)

0.28

Attitude to work

40 (67.8)

19 (32.2)

82 (62.1)

50 (37.97)

0.76

Response to call duty

37 (61.7)

23 (38.3)

106 (73.6)

38 (26.4)

0.45

Uncooperative attitude at work

42 (66.7)

21 (33.3)

100 (69.9)

43 (30.1)

0.99

Negligence of duty

49 (76.6)

15 (23.4)

92 (65.3)

49 (34.8)

0.06