Research Article
Factors Determining Work Arduousness Levels among Nurses: Using the Example of Surgical, Medical Treatment, and Emergency Wards
Table 11
Impact of education on the assessment of the working conditions of nurses on surgical wards.
| | Work features assessment (0–100 pts) | Education | | | Secondary (N = 33) | Secondary with specialization (N = 41) | Higher (N = 115) | | Me | s | | Me | s | | Me | s |
| | Unpleasant working conditions | 30.0 | 30.0 | 17.1 | 30.5 | 30.0 | 16.0 | 32.7 | 35.0 | 17.5 | 0.1652 | | Work complexity | 49.9 | 50.0 | 14.1 | 62.8 | 66.7 | 14.9 | 62.4 | 62.5 | 16.1 | ≤0.001 | | Hazards | 62.4 | 65.0 | 15.3 | 68.8 | 65.0 | 19.1 | 68.2 | 70.0 | 17.4 | 0.1536 | | Conflicts | 16.5 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 24.2 | 18.8 | 15.7 | 23.6 | 18.8 | 17.0 | 0.0623 | | Organizational uncertainty | 34.7 | 37.5 | 19.6 | 46.6 | 43.8 | 24.8 | 47.5 | 37.5 | 27.8 | 0.0793 | | Work arduousness | 39.1 | 33.3 | 15.2 | 50.6 | 58.3 | 21.3 | 55.9 | 58.3 | 16.6 | ≤0.001 | | Haste | 35.2 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 58.2 | 62.5 | 22.1 | 63.2 | 75.0 | 23.4 | ≤0.001 | | Responsibility | 15.5 | 0.0 | 28.1 | 35.4 | 37.5 | 34.4 | 35.3 | 25.0 | 33.1 | 0.0035 | | Physical effort | 32.2 | 25.0 | 18.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 20.1 | 44.0 | 50.0 | 18.3 | ≤0.001 | | Competition | 9.8 | 0 | 25.0 | 17.1 | 0 | 28.2 | 17.4 | 0 | 29.3 | 0.1395 | | Overall result | 37.0 | 33.1 | 11.2 | 47.3 | 49.3 | 13.8 | 48.0 | 47.1 | 11.2 | ≤0.001 |
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—value of statistical significance calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis test. |
