Table 4.
Top versus bottom work-life climate quartiles across work settings—individual WLB items and other healthcare climates. A p value of <0.05 is used to determine statistical significance
| First work-life climate quartile M (SD) |
Fourth work-life climate quartile M (SD) |
T | |
| Variable: p er cent p ositive ( 2 days or less per week) | |||
| Work-life climate† | 85.20 (7.43) | 41.52 (10.31) | 34.19* |
| Skipped a meal | 90.52 (9.23) | 64.26 (16.65) | 13.73* |
| Worked through a shift without any breaks | 85.83 (10.87) | 55.68 (19.24) | 13.73* |
| Ate a poorly balanced meal | 82.72 (12.65) | 51.83 (14.45) | 16.00* |
| Changed personal/family plans because of work | 90.80 (7.30) | 67.38 (14.61) | 14.26* |
| Had difficulty sleeping | 77.61 (13.73) | 57.89 (14.89) | 9.69* |
| Slept less than 5 hours in a night | 85.54 (10.66) | 64.71 (15.71) | 10.92* |
| Arrived home late from work | 79.82 (13.32) | 47.92 (18.05) | 14.15* |
| Felt frustrated by technology | 82.08 (14.39) | 66.06 (16.17) | 7.36* |
| Variable: p er cent p ositive (agree slightly + agree strongly) | |||
| Teamwork climate† | 55.68 (19.57) | 36.17 (17.29) | 7.44* |
| Safety climate† | 71.08 (17.38) | 49.57 (17.98) | 8.56* |
| Burnout climate‡ | 38.53 (19.76) | 69.21 (19.71) | −10.94* |
| Personal burnout‡ | 26.02 (14.51) | 51.59 (17.65) | −11.13* |
| Local leadership† | 68.43 (15.14) | 52.85 (17.48) | 6.69* |
| Improvement readiness† | 77.30 (15.90) | 59.42 (17.93) | 7.42* |
All results are statistically significant.
*P<0.001.
†Higher score is favourable.
‡Lower score is favourable.
WLB, work-life balance.