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

Table 6

Assessment of working conditions within age groups.

Work features assessment (0–100 pts)	Age (years)
	<30			30–39			40–49			>50
		Me	s		Me	s		Me	s		Me	S
Unpleasant working conditions	28.5	25.0	17.4	26.9	25.0	18.2	25.7	25.0	16.5	25.1	20.0	18.6	0.2925
Work complexity	60.4	58.3	16.2	61.1	62.5	15.2	58.0	58.3	16.4	60.4	62.5	16.5	0.2249
Hazards	61.1	60.0	18.9	61.4	60.0	17.2	59.9	60.0	17.1	59.5	55.0	18.8	0.8362
Conflicts	24.3	25.0	16.9	22.9	18.8	17.0	25.2	25.0	17.4	23.9	25.0	16.5	0.6759
Organizational uncertainty	41.4	37.5	28.0	41.7	31.3	26.2	41.9	37.5	24.3	40.0	31.3	25.6	0.9346
Work arduousness	44.7	41.7	21.0	44.4	41.7	18.4	44.9	41.7	19.1	45.1	41.7	18.5	0.9935
Haste	49.2	50.0	23.6	53.7	50.0	24.0	54.8	50.0	25.1	53.5	62.5	21.4	0.1183
Responsibility	28.3	25.0	26.7	36.2	37.5	31.0	29.6	25.0	28.4	26.7	12.5	28.8	0.1244
Physical effort	44.9	50.0	15.2	44.5	50.0	19.0	39.5	37.5	18.0	41.6	37.5	17.7	0.0096∗∗
Competition	19.3	0.0	28.6	18.4	0.0	29.1	16.5	0.0	28.3	14.6	0.0	28.2	0.2429
Overall result	43.3	41.9	12.9	43.7	41.9	12.0	42.5	39.0	12.4	42.2	39.7	13.4	0.7239

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