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Table 4 Community nurses’ perceived workload due to documentation and estimated time spent on documentation

From: Nursing documentation and its relationship with perceived nursing workload: a mixed-methods study among community nurses

Variables

Clinical documentation (n = 195)

Organizational documentation (n = 195)

p value

Perceived high workload [n (%)]

0.124

 Never

8 (4.1%)

10 (5.1%)

 

 Rarely

85 (43.6%)

72 (36.9%)

 

 Regularly

68 (34.9%)

75 (38.5%)

 

 Often

27 (13.9%)

31 (15.9%)

 

 Always

7 (3.6%)

7 (3.6%)

 

Estimated time per week spent on documentation [Mean (SD; median)]

8.0 (6.0; 6.0)

3.6 (4.0; 2.0)

< 0.000