Table 4.

Relationships between steps during three shifts and characteristics of nurses: regression coefficients (N = 117)

Characteristics	Number of steps during the shift
	Day			Evening			Night
	Coefficient (95% CI)	SE	p	Coefficient (95% CI)	SE	p	Coefficient (95% CI)	SE	p
Unit type (vs. medical ward)
Surgical ward	− 0.07 (− 1.82, 1.68)	0.88	.938	− 0.91 (− 2.71, 0.88)	0.91	.317	− 0.16 (− 1.94, 1.62)	0.90	.860
Intensive care unit	2.03 (0.26, 3.80)	0.89	.025	1.26 (− 0.56, 3.08)	0.92	.172	1.95 (0.15, 3.75)	0.91	.034
Emergency room	2.41 (0.67, 4.15)	0.88	.007	4.10 (2.32, 5.89)	0.90	< .001	3.78 (2.01, 5.55)	0.89	< .001
Age	0.24 (− 0.15, 0.64)	0.20	.225	0.20 (− 0.21, 0.60)	0.20	.337	0.38 (− 0.02, 0.78)	0.20	.061
Educational level (vs. associate degree)	− 0.30 (− 1.97, 1.38)	0.84	.727	0.81 (− 0.91, 2.52)	0.87	.354	1.14 (− 0.57, 2.84)	0.86	.188
Unit experience	− 0.05 (− 0.09, − 0.02)	17.44	.004	− 0.04 (− 0.08, − 0.01)	0.18	.022	− 0.06 (− 0.09, − 0.02)	0.02	.001

SE standard error, CI confidence interval