Table 1.
Comparing inbox use characteristics across 3 work patterns.
| Inbox use characteristics | Group 1, mean (SD) | Group 2, mean (SD) | Group 3, mean (SD) | P value | |||||
| Clustering factors (percentage of all-day inbox duration) | |||||||||
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Work hours inbox duration | 37 (12) | 82 (8) | 62 (9) | <.001 | ||||
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Outside and noncontiguous to work hours | 42 (11) | 1 (2) | 12 (5) | <.001 | ||||
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Contiguous to work hours | 21 (11) | 17 (7) | 26 (13) | .03 | ||||
| Duration of inbox work on workdays and nonworkdays (min) | |||||||||
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Work hours inbox duration | 25.36 (13.03) | 47.97 (13.35) | 42.13 (16.56) | .002 | ||||
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Outside work hours inbox duration | 41.37 (13.81) | 10.91 (5.63) | 26.97 (13.26) | <.001 | ||||
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Inbox duration on nonworkdays | 32.74 (37.46) | 11.13 (19.69) | 6.54 (11.3) | .03 | ||||
| Message types (percentage of all inbox time) | |||||||||
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Patients | 32 (10) | 35 (10) | 42 (10) | .02 | ||||
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Results | 30 (9) | 32 (11) | 26 (10) | .10 | ||||
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Requests | 24 (7) | 20 (6) | 21 (6) | .31 | ||||
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Admin | 14 (5) | 13 (4) | 11 (4) | .14 | ||||