Research Article
Factors Determining Work Arduousness Levels among Nurses: Using the Example of Surgical, Medical Treatment, and Emergency Wards
Table 1
Work arduousness values on the wards.
| Work features assessment (0–100 pts) | Ward | | Surgical | Medical treatment | Emergency | | Me | s | | Me | s | | Me | s |
| Unpleasant working conditions | 31.7 | 30.0 | 17.0 | 23.4 | 15.0 | 21.6 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 12.7 | ≤0.001∗∗∗ | Work complexity | 60.3 | 62.5 | 16.2 | 63.8 | 66.7 | 16.9 | 56.3 | 58.3 | 14.4 | ≤0.001∗∗∗ | Hazards | 67.3 | 70.0 | 17.5 | 61.3 | 65.0 | 19.3 | 53.9 | 55.0 | 14.1 | ≤0.001∗∗∗ | Conflicts | 22.5 | 18.8 | 16.3 | 30.2 | 25.0 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 13.8 | ≤0.001∗∗∗ | Organizational uncertainty | 45.1 | 37.5 | 26.2 | 47.7 | 50.0 | 28.0 | 33.0 | 31.3 | 21.2 | ≤0.001∗∗∗ | Work arduousness | 51.8 | 50.0 | 18.5 | 44.7 | 41.7 | 20.3 | 38.3 | 41.7 | 16.7 | ≤0.001∗∗∗ | Haste | 57.2 | 62.5 | 25.5 | 56.5 | 62.5 | 23.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 21.1 | ≤0.001∗∗∗ | Responsibility | 31.9 | 25.0 | 33.3 | 37.0 | 37.5 | 28.6 | 24.4 | 12.5 | 23.4 | 0.0002∗∗∗ | Physical effort | 42.6 | 50.0 | 19.2 | 44.9 | 50.0 | 18.4 | 40.5 | 37.5 | 15.3 | 0.0217∗ | Competition | 16.0 | 0.0 | 28.3 | 25.1 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 0.0025∗∗ | Overall result | 46.0 | 44.9 | 12.4 | 45.7 | 45.6 | 13.8 | 38.1 | 36.0 | 9.8 | ≤0.001∗∗∗ |
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value of statistical significance calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis test. |