Table 3.

Relationship between absenteeism among nurses and patient satisfaction

EQS-H score		b	*CI95%	p-value
MI score n = 1791	Fixed
	Intercept	54.51	[47.96; 61.06]	< 0.001
	Absenteeism	-19.76	[-37.14; -2.39]	0.027
	Hospital facility
	Public	Ref
	Private	0.66	[-4.16; 5.48]	0.780
	Age of patient
	< = 65 yrs	Ref
	> 65 yrs	-3.39	[-5.62; -1.15]	0.003
	Patient gender
	Female	Ref
	Male	3.59	[1.43; 5.74]	0.001
	Satisfaction with life
	< = 4	Ref
	> 4	12.11	[9.29; 14.94]	< 0.001
	Random	σb(between variability)	CI95%
	Facility	3.28	[2.05; 5.25]
RS score n = 1900	Fixed
	Intercept	67.61	[61.56; 73.67]	< 0.001
	Absenteeism	-20.20	[-36.53; -3.87]	0.017
	Hospital facility
	Public	Ref
	Private	-1.01	[-5.56; 3.53]	0.647
	Age of patient
	< = 65 yrs	Ref
	> 65 yrs	-3.19	[-5.06; -1.32]	< 0.001
	Patient gender
	Female	Ref
	Male	3.32	[1.51; 5.14]	< 0.001
	Satisfaction with life
	< = 4	Ref
	> 4	9.37	[7.01; 11.73]	< 0.001
	Random	σb(between variability)	CI95%
	Facility	3.31	[2.15; 5.10]
Global score n = 1772	Fixed
	Intercept	61.43	[55.47; 67.39]	< 0.001
	Absenteeism	-20.24	[-36.17; -4.32]	0.015
	Hospital facility
	Public	Ref
	Private	-0.51	[-4.93; 3.91]	0.814
	Age of patient
	< = 65 yrs	Ref
	> 65 yrs	-3.23	[-5.20; -1.25]	0.001
	Patient gender
	Female	Ref
	Male	6.61	[1.70; 5.50]	< 0.001
	Satisfaction with life
	< = 4	Ref
	> 4	10.60	[8.11; 13.10]	< 0.001
	Random	σb(between variability)	CI95%
	Facility	3.09	[1.96; 4.87]

* Confidence intervals 95%