Table 2 Study results for HC and GNH and COPSOQ database reference value for general Hospital Care (COPhosp) and COPSOQ database reference value total (all occupations, COPall). Scale means and standard deviations.
From: Psychosocial work load and stress in the geriatric care
Scales and single items | Study: HC N = 412; mean (SD) | Study: GNH N = 313; mean (SD) | HC vs GNH (*) | COPSOQ Hosp. N = 1195; mean (SD) | HC vs COPhosp (*) | GNH vs COPhosp (*) | COPSOQ all N = 11168; mean (SD) | HC vs COPall (*) | GNH vs COPall (*) |
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Demands | |||||||||
Quantitative demands | 46 (21) | 56 (19) | HC + | 57 (17) | + | 59 (18) | + | ||
Emotional demands | 53 (19) | 59 (20) | HC + | 64 (19) | + | + | 58 (20) | + | |
Demands for hiding emotions | 45 (21) | 47 (23) | 51 (21) | + | 48 (22) | ||||
Work- privacy conflict | 42 (29) | 48 (30) | HC + | 49 (26) | + | 53 (29) | + | + | |
Influence and development | |||||||||
Influence at work | 41 (21) | 40 (22) | 41 (20) | 45 (22) | - | ||||
Degree of freedom at work | 43 (21) | 41 (20) | 42 (18) | 44 (24) | |||||
Possibilities for development | 71 (16) | 66 (21) | HC + | 70 (16) | 69 (18) | ||||
Meaning of work | 86 (14) | 83 (17) | 82 (16) | 77 (18) | + | + | |||
Workplace commitment | 63 (18) | 60 (22) | 56 (19) | + | 56 (20) | + | |||
Interpersonal relations and leadership | |||||||||
Predictability | 66 (21) | 61 (22) | HC + | 55 (21) | + | + | 51 (23) | + | + |
Role clarity | 80 (15) | 79 (17) | 78 (15) | 74 (18) | + | + | |||
Role conflicts | 37 (20) | 46 (22) | HC + | 47 (20) | + | 47 (20) | + | ||
Quality of leadership | 66 (25) | 60 (25) | HC + | 55 (25) | + | + | 47 (26) | + | + |
Social support | 75 (20) | 71 (21) | 70 (20) | + | 63 (21) | + | + | ||
Feedback | 49 (22) | 52 (24) | 45 (21) | + | 39 (23) | + | + | ||
Social relations (quantity) | 19 (26) | 52 (25) | GNH + | 52 (30) | - | 45 (28) | - | + | |
Sense of community | 81 (17) | 75 (19) | HC + | 77 (18) | 74 (18) | + | |||
Mobbing (single item) | 14 (21) | 22 (25) | HC + | 19 (23) | + | 18 (23) | |||
Additional scales | |||||||||
Job insecurity | 25 (22) | 37 (25) | HC + | 33 (22) | + | 26 (22) | - | ||
Strain (effects, outcomes) | |||||||||
Intention to leave (single item) | 12 (18) | 14 (22) | 16 (22) | 17 (23) | + | ||||
Job satisfaction | 68 (15) | 64 (17) | sig. | 62 (15) | + | 62 (16) | + | ||
General health (single item) | 71 (19) | 68 (20) | 73 (18) | - | 73 (18) | - | |||
Personal burnout | 42 (19) | 45 (20) | 45 (17) | 43 (19) | |||||
Cognitive stress symptoms | 27 (18) | 27 (20) | 28 (18) | 28 (19) | |||||
Satisfaction with life scale | 67 (19) | 64 (21) | 66 (20) | 65 (29) |