Table 2. Mean Differences in Relationship, Grief, and Employment Outcomes by Homecare Agency Group.
| Agency with restrictive policy |
Agency without restrictive policy |
Significance | ||||
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| M (SD) | Range | M (SD) | Range | F-value | P-value | |
| HHA-client relationship | 2.70 (1.4) | 0-4 | 2.87 (1.3) | 0-4 | .29 | .59 |
| Caregiving benefits | 9.25 (2.2) | 3-11 | 9.79 (2.0) | 4-11 | 1.32 | .26 |
| Grief symptoms | 31.28 (12.6) | 13-65 | 34.59 (11.9) | 14-61 | 1.41 | .24 |
| Grief processing | 13.23 (4.8) | 5-25 | 15.61 (4.2) | 7-23 | 5.43 | .02 |
| Intention to leave job | 3.00 (1.1) | 1-4 | 2.26 (1.3) | 1-4 | 7.35 | .008 |
| Job satisfaction: | ||||||
| Supervision | 10.88 (5.9) | 0-18 | 13.53 (5.5 | 0-18 | 4.20 | .04 |
| Work | 14.03 (4.6) | 0-18 | 15.03 (4.3) | 3-18 | .99 | .32 |
| Coworkers | 12.92 (5.1) | 3-18 | 14.19 (5.3) | 0-18 | 1.11 | .29 |
| Promotion | 7.20 (5.8) | 0-18 | 7.57 (6.0) | 0-18 | .08 | .79 |
| Pay | 4.90 (1.6) | 0-6 | 4.97 (1.7) | 0-6 | .04 | .84 |
| General | 16.40 (6.9) | 0-24 | 18.61 (5.3) | 3-24 | 2.51 | .11 |
Note. Agency with restrictive policy n = 40; agency without restrictive policy n = 38.