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Table 2 Sources and variables of the questionnaire

From: Burdens, resources, health and wellbeing of nurses working in general and specialised palliative care in Germany – results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey study

  Source Number of items Example of items Outcomes of variables
Burdens
 Burden due to organisational framework conditions pilot study 7 How strong is the burden due to the care of to many patients? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Quantitative demands COPSOQ 4 Do you have to work very fast? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Emotional demands COPSOQ 3 Is your work emotionally demanding? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Demands for hiding emotions COPSOQ 3 Does your work require that you hide your feelings? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Emotional burden due to death pilot study 9 How strong is the burden due to patients dying a painful death? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Burden due to care of patients pilot study 6 How strong is the burden due to depressive patients? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Burden due to nursing care pilot study 5 How strong is the burden due to lifting and carrying of patients? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Burden due to care of relatives pilot study 12 How strong is the burden due to relatives cause unrest? scale 0–100, high = negative
Resources
Organisational
  Meaning of work COPSOQ 3 Do you feel that the work you do is important? scale 0–100, high = positive
  Workplace commitment COPSOQ 4 Do you enjoy telling others about your place of work? scale 0–100, high = positive
  Meaningfulness of work pilot study 1 How much do the following help you to handle the workload? not/little helpful vs. quite/very helpful
  Gratitude of patients/relatives pilot study each case 1 How much do the following help you to handle the workload not/little helpful vs. quite/very helpful
  Recognition through supervisor/ colleagues/ patients/relatives/ social context/ salary pilot study each case 1 Do you receive recognition for your work from …? disagree/slightly disagree vs. slightly agree, agree
Social
  Good working team pilot study 4 I get help and support from colleagues in emergencies. scale 0–100, high = positive
  Family pilot study 1 How much do the following help you to handle the workload? not/little helpful vs. quite/very helpful
  Friends pilot study 1 How much do the following help you to handle the workload? not/little helpful vs. quite/very helpful
Personal
  Satisfaction with life COPSOQ 5 In most ways my life is close to my ideal scale 0–100, high = positive
  Positive thinking/ professional attitude/dissociation/ hobbies/ sport/ religiosity/spirituality/ self-reflection/ self-care pilot study each case 1 How much do the following help you to handle the workload? not/little helpful vs. quite/very helpful
  Resilience RS-13 13 I can accept it when not all people like me scale 1–91, 13–66 = low, 67–72 = moderate and 73–91 = high resilience
Health and Wellbeing
 Self-rated health COPSOQ 1 If you evaluate the best conceivable state of health at 10 points and the worst at 0 points: how many points do you then give your present state of health? scale 0–100, high = positive
 Burnout COPSOQ 6 How often do you feel emotionally exhausted? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Intention to leave the profession COPSOQ 1 How often in the last 12 months have you thought about giving up your profession? scale 0–100, high = negative
 Chronic back pain RKI 1 In the last 12 months, did you had almost daily back pain, which persisted 3 months or longer? yes, no, I don’t know
 Depression PHQ-2 2 Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? score 0–6, score ≥ 3 major depressive disorder