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Table 4 Scales – Means, standard deviations and differences between GPC and SPC

From: Burdens, resources, health and wellbeing of nurses working in general and specialised palliative care in Germany – results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey study

Scales

GPC

SPC

Difference in mean

p-value

Difference ≥ 5

Burdens

M

SD

M

SD

   

 Burden due to organisational framework conditions

46.5

21.2

45.0

19.8

1.5

0.180

no

 Quantitative demands

55.4

20.8

42.7

18.5

12.7

<  0.001

yes

 Emotional demands

58.6

20.1

65.6

17.9

7.0

<  0.001

yes

 Demands for hiding emotions

41.4

26.7

36.5

21.3

4.9

0.001

no

 Emotional burden due to death

48.2

27.0

48.3

20.6

0.1

0.976

no

 Burden due to care of patients

49.9

22.7

49.1

20.5

0.8

0.516

no

 Burden due to nursing care

47.6

23.2

57.5

20.8

9.9

<  0.001

yes

 Burden due to care of relatives

44.5

23.3

50.6

19.2

6.1

<  0.001

yes

Resources

 Meaning of work

82.2

18.8

88.3

13.3

6.1

<  0.001

yes

 Workplace commitment

56.3

22.0

60.8

18.7

4.5

<  0.001

no

 Good working team

70.5

22.5

77.7

18.0

7.2

<  0.001

yes

 Satisfaction with life

66.9

19.4

71.5

17.4

4.6

<  0.001

no

Health and Wellbeing

 Self-rated health

61.9

19.7

72.9

16.9

11.0

<  0.001

yes

 Burnout

48.8

20.3

41.4

17.6

7.4

<  0.001

yes

 Intention to leave the profession

20.7

24.9

12.9

19.2

7.8

<  0.001

yes

  1. Note. M Mean, SD Standard deviation