Table 5.
Effects of nurse staffing level on perceived insufficient nurse staffing level, fatigue, and nursing care quality.
| Variables | Perceived insufficient nurse staffing level | Fatigue | Perceived nursing care quality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 (β,p) | Model 2 (β, p) | Model 3 (β, p) | Model 1 (β, p) | Model 2 (β, p) | Model 3 (β, p) | Model 1 (β, p) | Model 2 (β, p) | Model 3 (β, p) | |
| Weekend (vs. weekday) | −0.34 (<0.001∗∗) | −0.29 (0.002∗∗) | −0.30 (0.002∗∗) | −0.40 (<0.001∗∗) | −0.32 (<0.001∗∗) | −0.35 (<0.001∗∗) | 0.31 (0.001∗∗) | 0.26 (0.006∗∗) | 0.26 (0.005∗∗) |
| Average tenure as a nurse of nurses worked in a day | 0.10 (0.178) | 0.08 (0.270) | 0.11 (0.137) | 0.16 (0.033∗) | 0.17 (0.012∗) | 0.18 (0.008∗∗) | −0.22 (0.003∗∗) | −0.19 (0.006∗∗) | −0.23 (0.001∗∗) |
| Number of turnover patients per day | −0.14 (0.136) | −0.04 (0.689) | −0.08 (0.377) | −0.04 (0.684) | 0.09 (0.297) | 0.02 (0.797) | 0.05 (0.592) | −0.06 (0.547) | −0.01 (0.886) |
| Number of patients per nurse | 0.26 (0.001∗∗) | 0.16 (0.028∗) | −0.27 (<0.001∗∗) | ||||||
| Work intensity per nurse | 0.34 (<0.001∗∗) | 0.41 (<0.001∗∗) | −0.35 (<0.001∗∗) | ||||||
| Demanded nursing hours per nurse | 0.34 (<0.001∗∗) | 0.33 (<0.001∗∗) | −0.36 (<0.001∗∗) | ||||||
| F (p value) | 7.79 (<0.001) | 10.45 (<0.001) | 10.47 (<0.001) | 10.26 (<0.001) | 19.95 (<0.001) | 15.59 (<0.001) | 9.83 (<0.001) | 12.81 (<0.001) | 13.39 (<0.001) |
| Adj. R2 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
β, standardized regression coefficient value; p, level of statistical significance; F, regression coefficients; R2, coefficient of determination.∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).∗∗Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).