Factors Determining Work Arduousness Levels among Nurses: Using the Example of Surgical, Medical Treatment, and Emergency Wards

Table 10

Impact of performed function on the assessment of the working conditions.

Work features assessment (0–100 pts)	Function
	Managerial			Ward nurse			Surgical nurse			Other
		Me	s		Me	s		Me	s		Me	s
Unpleasant working conditions	19.1	15.0	20.1	27.0	25.0	18.0	26.4	25.0	14.8	27.0	30.0	12.3	0.0221∗
Work complexity	64.1	64.6	16.0	61.2	62.5	15.4	47.7	43.8	16.3	59.1	62.5	16.0	≤0.001∗∗∗
Hazards	57.7	55.0	22.3	61.2	60.0	17.7	59.8	65.0	17.9	55.8	55.0	13.9	0.3293
Conflicts	29.7	31.3	14.8	24.6	25.0	17.1	20.5	12.5	18.2	20.7	25.0	13.2	0.0114∗
Organizational uncertainty	48.9	43.8	24.7	42.7	37.5	26.1	36.9	31.3	23.7	27.6	18.8	22.4	≤0.001∗∗∗
Work arduousness	46.1	41.7	14.8	46.1	41.7	19.9	34.3	33.3	16.8	42.5	41.7	11.4	≤0.001∗∗∗
Haste	59.8	62.5	24.6	54.6	50.0	23.2	43.5	50.0	25.9	41.4	37.5	22.0	≤0.001∗∗∗
Responsibility	39.3	25.0	34.8	32.4	37.5	28.7	24.8	12.5	27.3	12.2	0.0	20.2	≤0.001∗∗∗
Physical effort	40.6	37.5	15.1	44.3	50.0	17.0	32.1	25.0	22.5	38.5	37.5	12.8	≤0.001∗∗∗
Competition	16.1	0.0	22.8	18.5	0.0	28.9	13.4	0.0	27.8	11.2	0.0	27.7	0.0456∗
Overall result	44.6	41.9	11.5	44.0	41.9	12.5	37.2	33.1	12.4	37.8	37.5	11.1	≤0.001∗∗∗

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