Table 3.
Time, frequency and duration by activity category at Site 1 and Site 2
| Category | Site |
Time |
Frequency per hour |
Duration (seconds) |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95% Confidence intervals | 8-hour shift (h:m:s) | Mean | Standard deviation | 95% Confidence intervals | |||||
| Direct care |
1 |
30.9 |
28.7 |
33.0 |
2:28:05 |
14.5 |
75.6 |
143.5 |
67.4 |
83.8 |
| |
2 |
30.7 |
28.1 |
33.2 |
2:27:07 |
19.6 |
56.5 |
56.7 |
53.8 |
59.1 |
| Indirect care |
1 |
16.7 |
15.5 |
17.9 |
1:19:55 |
10.6 |
56.1 |
54.5 |
52.5 |
59.8 |
| |
2 |
18.4 |
16.7 |
20.2 |
1:28:22 |
13.2 |
50.5 |
46.8 |
47.9 |
53.2 |
| Infection control |
1 |
5.9 |
5.2 |
6.6 |
0:28:25 |
5.3 |
40.2 |
61.5 |
34.3 |
46.1 |
| |
2 |
6.8 |
6.1 |
7.6 |
0:32:46 |
8.8 |
28.2 |
24.5 |
26.5 |
29.9 |
| Documentation |
1 |
4.1 a |
3.4 |
4.8 |
0:19:31 |
3.2 |
45.5 |
82.4 |
35.4 |
55.6 |
| |
2 |
2.3 b |
1.7 |
3.0 |
0:11:13 |
1.4 |
58.8 |
80.7 |
44.9 |
72.7 |
| Transit |
1 |
3.4 a |
3.0 |
3.9 |
0:16:29 |
3.0 |
41.3 |
46.7 |
35.4 |
47.2 |
| |
2 |
5.5 b |
4.5 |
6.6 |
0:26:34 |
3.0 |
67.1 |
84.4 |
57.0 |
77.1 |
| Staff break |
1 |
14.6 |
10.9 |
18.4 |
1:10:17 |
0.6 |
880.1 |
817.5 |
642.7 |
1117.5 |
| |
2 |
15.7 |
11.0 |
20.4 |
1:15:24 |
0.7 |
815.0 |
845.4 |
603.8 |
1026.2 |
| Oral communication |
1 |
47.3 a |
39.3 |
55.3 |
3:47:00 |
18.8 |
90.7 |
140.9 |
80.0 |
101.5 |
| |
2 |
63.5 b |
56.6 |
70.4 |
5:04:40 |
25.8 |
88.9 |
173.4 |
81.9 |
95.8 |
| Others |
1 |
0.5 a |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0:02:24 |
0.2 |
96.3 |
70.0 |
57.6 |
135.1 |
| 2 | 1.8 b | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0:08:46 | 0.6 | 110.3 | 118.5 | 78.3 | 142.3 | |
a,bIndicate significant difference between the two sites in the percentage of time spent on this category of activities (P < 0.05).