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Table 2 Work and welfare of care home staffa

From: The nature, characteristics and associations of care home staff stress and wellbeing: a national survey

Variables

Mean (SD)

Mini-mum

Maxi-mum

Internal consistency

No. of Items

Cronbach’s α

Health and wellbeing

 Total score (12–56)

47.1 (5.7)

28

55

12

0.84

 Physical Component Subscore (PCS-12)

44.1 (4.0)

25.6

56.5

6

0.75

 Mental Component Subscore (MCS-12)

46.2 (5.6)

29.9

57.0

6

0.82

Job satisfaction

 Total score (7–35)

27.0 (4.0)

15

35

5

0.87

Karasek Job Content

 Decision latitude subscore (9–36)

27.9 (3.6)

10

34

9

0.76

 Job demands subscore (5–20)

13.3 (1.9)

8

20

5

0.35

 Social support subscore (8–32)

24.2 (3.3)

12

32

8

0.82

Health status & employee productivity

 SPS-6 total score (6–30)

20.9 (5.8)

5

30

6

0.70

Experience of working with PLWD

 Total score (21–105)

85.1 (9.8)

58

105

21

0.89

 Feedback at work subscore (6–30)

25.7 (3.5)

14

30

6

0.80

 Care organisation subscore (3–15)

11.6 (2.2)

4

15

3

0.70

 Against own expectations (3–15)

11.4 (2.3)

5

15

3

0.61

 Contact with patient subscore (3–15)

13.2 (1.5)

7

15

3

0.65

 Against others’ expectations (3–15)

12.5 (1.6)

8

15

3

0.51

 Satisfaction with environment (3–15)

10.7 (2.0)

6

15

3

0.29

Approaches to Dementia

 Total score (19–95)

80.5 (8.5)

58

95

19

0.82

 Hope subscore (8–40)

30.7 (5.5)

14

40

8

0.79

 Person-centredness subscore (11–55)

50.1 (4.7)

30

55

11

0.77

Work Stress Inventory

 Total Score (1–5)

2.68 (0.42)

1.58

4.13

30

0.80

 Work events subscore (1–5)

1.98 (0.67)

1

4.71

7

0.76

 Caring for residents subscore (1–5)

3.10 (0.90)

1

5.00

4

0.74

 Workload & scheduling subscore (1–5)

2.09 (0.78)

1

4.50

8

0.84

 Relations with supervisor subscore (1–5)

3.41 (0.55)

1

5.00

11

0.72

  1. aThe denominator varies slightly across rows, as the number of missing values varies