Table 2.
Lean Familiarity, Integration and Impact on Workload
| Nursing (n = 734) |
Health Professionals (n = 298) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Familiarity with Lean principles and/or activities | 0.0001 | ||
| None or little (1–4) | 217 (29.6) | 58 (19.5) | |
| Somewhat (5–7) | 260 (35.4) | 150 (50.3) | |
| Substantial or complete (8–11) | 257 (35.0) | 90 (30.2) | |
| Currently normal part of work | 0.18 | ||
| Not at all or very little (1–3) | 251 (34.2) | 112 (37.6) | |
| Somewhat (4–5) | 235 (32.0) | 78 (26.2) | |
| Completely (6–11) | 248 (33.8) | 108 (36.2) | |
| Will become normal part of work | 0.005 | ||
| Unlikely (1–2) | 227 (31.0) | 70 (23.7) | |
| Somewhat likely (3–5) | 275 (37.6) | 103 (34.8) | |
| Very likely (6–11) | 230 (31.4) | 123 (41.6) | |
| Impact of Lean on Workload | 0.0001 | ||
| No impact | 123 (16.8) | 141 (47.6) | |
| Increased somewhat | 328 (44.8) | 82 (27.7) | |
| Increased substantially | 221 (30.2) | 42 (14.2) | |
| Decreased somewhat or substantially | 61 (8.3) | 31 (10.5) |