Table 1.
Hospital physicians´ average working hour characteristics in the 3 months preceding the FPS 2015 survey
| N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working hours/weeka | 728 | 37.81 | 10.98 | 3.00 | 73.95 |
| Number of on-call shiftsa,b | 403 | 7.77 | 6.87 | 1 | 63 |
| Length of on-call shifts (hours) b | 403 | 14.49 | 5.12 | 1.70 | 25.00 |
| Number of < 12-hour on-call shiftsb | 403 | 2.99 | 6.35 | 0 | 63 |
| Number of 12–24-hour on-call shiftsb | 403 | 4.62 | 3.66 | 0 | 20 |
| Number of > 24-hour on-call shiftsb | 403 | 0.17 | 0.56 | 0 | 4 |
| Number of night work duties a,b,c | 403 | 5.29 | 4.01 | 0 | 20 |
| Number of weekend work dutiesa,b,d | 403 | 2.54 | 1.84 | 0 | 10 |
| Number of ≤11-hour shift intervalsa,b | 403 | 7.08 | 7.56 | 0 | 52 |
| On-call work at home hours/weeka,e | 372 | 24.55 | 12.55 | 0.42 | 72.67 |
aworking hour characteristic included in the analysis
bamong physicians having at least one on-call shift at workplace
cat least 3 hours of work between 23 and 06
dat least 3 hours of work between Fri 18:00 and Mon 08:00
eamong physicians having at least one on-call shift at home