Subtypes of nurses’ mental workload and interaction patterns with fatigue and work engagement during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: A latent class analysis

Table 4 The mean scores of FS-14 and UWES of mental workload subgroups

	Overall n = 1337	Class 1 n = 41	Class 2 n = 455	Class 3 n = 841	p
FS-14	6.94 ± 2.43	6.68 ± 2.52	6.64 ± 3.12	7.12 ± 3.06	0.045*
physical fatigue	4.89 ± 1.43	4.61 ± 1.53	4.65 ± 1.55	5.04 ± 1.34	0.028*
mental fatigue	2.05 ± 1.18	2.07 ± 1.06	1.99 ± 1.14	2.08 ± 1.09	0.075
UWES	57.75 ± 11.47	61.12 ± 12.82	54.43 ± 9.70	59.37 ± 12.02	< 0.001**
vigor	19.59 ± 4.72	20.73 ± 4.02	18.60 ± 3.68	20.07 ± 3.93	< 0.001**
dedication	19.68 ± 4.71	21.07 ± 5.19	18.54 ± 4.22	20.22 ± 3.85	< 0.001**
absorption	18.47 ± 3.96	19.31 ± 4.35	17.29 ± 3.29	19.07 ± 4.16	< 0.001**

Class 1: low workload perception & high self-evaluation group; Class 2: medium workload perception & medium self-evaluation group; Class 3: high workload perception & low self-evaluation group
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01

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