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Table 2 Mann-Whitney U test statistics for stress and time pressure and the independent individual and organizational variables

From: The role of workday characteristics on perceived stress and time pressure among nurses in Finnish long-term care – a cross-sectional study

 

Stress

Time pressure

 

Low

n = 397

High

n = 106

Low

n = 367

High

n = 136

 

Variable

Mean

p-value

Mean

p-value

Individual variables:

      

Number of care events during the day

21.9

25.8

0.002

21.9

24.8

0.013

Mean CMI of clients

1.02

1.03

0.218

1.02

1.03

0.365

Breaktime (minutes)

28.0

25.8

0.436

28.7

24.4

0.036

Organizational variables:

      

Team size (clients)

25.6

26.2

0.501

25.5

26.3

0.051

Team autonomy (1–5)

2.53

2.37

< 0.001

2.52

2.44

0.026

  1. CMI: Case Mix Index
  2. Bold: Mann-Whitney U test indicated statistically significant differences in means between low and high stress/time pressure groups