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Table 1 Description of the work environment and health outcomes among participating registered nurses (n = 170)

From: Work environment-related factors and nurses’ health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Lebanese hospitals

 

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Working shift (Day)

114 (67%)

 

Type of service

 Medical

94 (55%)

 

 Surgical

42 (25%)

 

 Pediatrics

34 (20%)

 

Hospital (Center B)

90 (53%)

 

Work environment factors (scale range)

aOverall workload scale (0–10)

 

6.8 (1.3)

aWorkload items (0–10)

 Mental demand

 

8.6 (1.6)

 Physical demand

 

7.6 (2.2)

 Temporal demand

 

7.6 (2.0)

 Frustration demand

 

6.5 (2.4)

 Effort demand

 

7.7 (2.0)

 Performance satisfaction

 

7.4 (2.2)

bStaffing resources adequacy (1–4)

 

2.4 (0.8)

bLeadership (1–4)

 

3.0 (0.6)

cTeamwork climate (1–5)

 

3.8 (0.7)

dCount of tasks performed by RNs (scale range: 0–25)

 

16.5 (3.6)

Health outcomes

eMusculoskeletal disease

117 (69%)

 

eCardiovascular disease

63 (37%)

 

eSkin disease

71 (42%)

 

eMental disorder

95 (56%)

 

fEmotional exhaustion

100 (59%)

 
  1. aWorkload: the overall workload scale is the mean score of the six items of the NASA TLX scale (mental, physical, temporal, frustration, effort and performance satisfaction demands) where each item ranges from 0 to 10; higher scores indicate higher workload demands. bStaffing resources adequacy and leadership: a mean score of staffing resources adequacy subscale (4items) and leadership subscale (4items) ranging from 1(strongly disagree) to 4(strongly agree)
  2. cTeamwork climate: a mean score of teamwork subscale (5items) ranging from 1(strongly disagree) to 3(neutral) to 5(strongly agree)
  3. dCount of tasks performed by RNs: a score summarizing the number of tasks done exclusively and mostly by RNs
  4. ePhysical health diseases: 0 = disease does not exist, 1 = disease exists (based on own diagnosis or a diagnosis by doctor). fEmotional exhaustion: 0 = low emotional exhaustion, 1 = high emotional exhaustion