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∗∗∗

value of statistical significance calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis test.