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Table 6 Summary – Comparison of the burdens, resources, health and wellbeing of nurses in 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

   

Variable

GPC

 

SPC

Burdens

 

Burden due to organisational framework conditions

scale

 

 
 

Quantitative demands

scale

  
 

Emotional demands

scale

  

 

Demands for hiding emotions

scale

 

 
 

Emotional burden due to death

scale

 

 
 

Burden due to care of patients

scale

 

 
 

Burden due to nursing care

scale

  

 

Burden due to care of relatives

scale

  

Resources

Organisational

Meaning of work

scale

  

Workplace commitment

scale

 

 

Meaningfulness of work

single item

  

Gratitude of patients

single item

 

 

Gratitude of relatives

single item

  

Recognition through supervisor

single item

  

Recognition through colleagues

single item

  

Recognition through patients/relatives

single item

  

Recognition through social context

single item

  

Recognition through salary

single item

 

 

Social

Good working team

scale

  

Family

single item

 

 

Friends

single item

 

 

Personal

Satisfaction with life

scale

 

 

Positive thinking

single item

  

Professional attitude/dissociation

single item

  

Hobbies

single item

  

Sport

single item

  

Religiosity/spirituality

single item

  

Self-reflection

single item

  

Self-care

single item

  

Resilience

single item

 

 

Health and Wellbeing

Self-rated health

scale

  

Burnout

scale

  

Intention to leave the profession

scale

  

Chronic back pain

item

  

Depression

single item

  
  1. Note. ↔ observed sample frequencies in GPC and SPC not differed significantly from expected frequencies or scale difference < 5; ↑ observed sample frequencies in GPC and SPC differed significantly from expected frequencies or scale difference ≥ 5 (p < 0.05)