Table 4.
Compliance with recommendations on work schedule for nurses according to general characteristics of participants: cycle-based
| Characteristics | R7 |
Z or χ2 (p) | R16 |
Z or χ2 (p) | R17 |
Z or χ2 (p) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD (%) | M ± SD (%) | M ± SD (%) | |||||
| Total | 74.69 ± 19.53 | 22.27 ± 12.46 | 32.61 ± 25.84 | ||||
| Age (y) | <30 | 74.47 ± 18.44 | −0.41 | 22.95 ± 12.55 | −0.99 | 33.97 ± 27.16 | −0.99 |
| ≥30 | 75.12 ± 21.58 | (0.686) | 21.00 ± 12.30 | (0.322) | 30.05 ± 23.12 | (0.322) | |
| Type of hospital | Superior general | 76.21 ± 17.44 | −0.90 | 23.23 ± 12.76 | −1.09 | 34.49 ± 26.72 | −1.09 |
| General | 72.75 ± 21.86 | (0.368) | 21.06 ± 12.04 | (0.277) | 30.22 ± 24.62 | (0.277) | |
| Working years at hospitals | 1–2 | 74.45 ± 16.15 | 0.53 | 24.04 ± 13.85 | 1.76 | 37.33 ± 33.00 | 1.76 |
| 3–4 | 75.83 ± 18.34 | (0.912) | 21.95 ± 9.91 | (0.624) | 30.18 ± 16.64 | (0.624) | |
| 5–6 | 73.44 ± 18.93 | 20.08 ± 13.42 | 29.70 ± 29.57 | ||||
| ≥7 | 74.69 ± 23.08 | 22.68 ± 12.84 | 33.19 ± 24.15 | ||||
| Working years at current department | <1 | 68.97 ± 23.58 | 3.70 | 22.12 ± 11.88 | 0.28 | 31.42 ± 21.62 | 0.28 |
| 1–2 | 72.85 ± 18.78 | (0.296) | 22.17 ± 13.85 | (0.964) | 33.44 ± 29.36 | (0.964) | |
| 3–4 | 75.51 ± 18.07 | 21.47 ± 9.43 | 29.20 ± 16.00 | ||||
| ≥5 | 78.01 ± 20.15 | 23.08 ± 13.16 | 34.61 ± 28.71 | ||||
| Proportion of nurses in school (%)a | <10 (a) | 77.43 ± 20.12 | 8.65 | 21.87 ± 13.17 | 0.27 | 32.47 ± 28.13 | 0.27 |
| 10–14 (b) | 74.46 ± 17.37 | (0.013) | 22.84 ± 12.33 | (0.876) | 33.39 ± 24.79 | (0.876) | |
| ≥15 ⒞ | 63.43 ± 19.54 | (a≠c) | 22.38 ± 9.76 | 30.98 ± 18.04 | |||
| Proportion of nurses in pregnancy (%)a | <5 (a) | 74.45 ± 19.91 | 1.18 | 22.24 ± 13.24 | 0.75 | 33.12 ± 28.00 | 0.75 |
| 5–9 (b) | 76.52 ± 18.93 | (0.553) | 23.08 ± 11.55 | (0.689) | 33.27 ± 22.88 | (0.689) | |
| ≥10 ⒞ | 70.76 ± 18.88 | 20.00 ± 8.63 | 26.47 ± 14.79 | ||||
| Chance to request their WS | Yes | 75.67 ± 19.82 | –0.94 | 21.99 ± 11.72 | –0.32 | 31.46 ± 22.49 | –0.32 |
| No | 73.09 ± 19.06 | (0.349) | 22.74 ± 13.67 | (0.746) | 34.51 ± 30.62 | (0.746) | |
| Presence of standards on | Yes | 76.51 ± 18.54 | –2.55 | 22.42 ± 12.52 | –0.28 | 32.98 ± 26.59 | –0.28 |
| WS at the institutional level | No | 65.48 ± 22.02 | (0.011) | 21.54 ± 12.35 | (0.778) | 30.75 ± 21.92 | (0.778) |
M, mean; R7, at least 2 days off after last night shift; R16, no work on weekends; R17, free weekends with at least 2 consecutive days off; SD, standard deviation; WS, work schedule.
a
Proportion of nurses in school means the percentage of nurses attending graduate school among all nurses and proportion of nurses in pregnancy means the percentage of pregnant nurses among all nurses in each working unit.