Table 2. Descriptives and Reliability of the Study Variables Including Registration Burden and Joy in Work (n = 326) .
| Answer Options | α | All Respondents (M, SD) | Nurses (M, SD) | Physicians (M, SD) | |
| 1. Registering (minutes/day)a* | Open | - | 40.00 [28.00-60.00]* | 40.00 [30.00-65.50]* | 30.00 [15.00-40.00]* |
| 2. Unreasonable registrationsb | 1 – 5 | 0.93 | 2.63 (0.82) | 2.70 (.76) | 2.41 (1.02) |
| 3. Unnecessary registrationsc | 1 – 5 | 0.82 | 3.29 (0.99) | 3.39 (0.87) | 2.90 (1.36) |
| 4. Intrinsic motivationd | 1 – 7 | 0.85 | 5.64 (0.72) | 5.61 (0.72) | 5.75 (0.75) |
| 5. Extrinsic motivatione | 1 – 7 | 0.82 | 3.08 (0.89) | 3.04 (0.90) | 3.38 (0.90) |
| 6. Autonomyf | 1 – 5 | 0.69 | 3.59 (0.59) | 3.61 (0.54) | 3.43 (0.81) |
| 7. Relatednessg | 1 – 5 | 0.72 | 3.75 (0.53) | 3.76 (0.53) | 3.72 (0.52) |
| 8. Competenceh | 1 – 5 | 0.63 | 3.89 (0.64) | 3.91 (0.62) | 3.91 (0.59) |
| 9. Professional tenure (years)i | Open | - | 15.10 (11.89) | 16.44 (12.11) | 8.05 (7.27) |
| 10. Patient care (hours/day)j | Open | - | 5.20 (1.89) | 5.11 (1.65) | 6.09 (2.48) |
| 11. Working hours per weekk | Open | - | 32.18 (8.07) | 29.65 (5.07) | 47.56 (7.22) |
| 12. Agel | Open | - | 39.64 (11.92) | 39.70 (12.31) | 37.97 (9.39) |
Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation.
* Median [interquartile range].
Statistically significant (P <.05)tests of difference (nurses versus physicians) are presented in bold.
aχ2(1,303) = 12.6, P <.01, bt(50.1) = 1.7, P =.09, ct(47.9) = 2.3, P =.03, dt(54.0) = -1.1, P =.29, et(55.3) = 2.3, P =.02, ft(48.3) = 1.5, P =.15, gt(57.4) = 0.4, P =.67, ht(58.2) = 0.3, P =.98, it(82.8) = 6.1, P <.01, jt(48.2) = 2.5, P =.02, kt(57.0) = 21.9, P <.01, lt(56.9) = 1.0, P =.33.