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Table 4 Scales – Means, standard deviations and differences between GPC and SPC

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

Scales GPC SPC Difference in mean p-value Difference ≥ 5
Burdens M SD M SD    
 Burden due to organisational framework conditions 46.5 21.2 45.0 19.8 1.5 0.180 no
 Quantitative demands 55.4 20.8 42.7 18.5 12.7 <  0.001 yes
 Emotional demands 58.6 20.1 65.6 17.9 7.0 <  0.001 yes
 Demands for hiding emotions 41.4 26.7 36.5 21.3 4.9 0.001 no
 Emotional burden due to death 48.2 27.0 48.3 20.6 0.1 0.976 no
 Burden due to care of patients 49.9 22.7 49.1 20.5 0.8 0.516 no
 Burden due to nursing care 47.6 23.2 57.5 20.8 9.9 <  0.001 yes
 Burden due to care of relatives 44.5 23.3 50.6 19.2 6.1 <  0.001 yes
Resources
 Meaning of work 82.2 18.8 88.3 13.3 6.1 <  0.001 yes
 Workplace commitment 56.3 22.0 60.8 18.7 4.5 <  0.001 no
 Good working team 70.5 22.5 77.7 18.0 7.2 <  0.001 yes
 Satisfaction with life 66.9 19.4 71.5 17.4 4.6 <  0.001 no
Health and Wellbeing
 Self-rated health 61.9 19.7 72.9 16.9 11.0 <  0.001 yes
 Burnout 48.8 20.3 41.4 17.6 7.4 <  0.001 yes
 Intention to leave the profession 20.7 24.9 12.9 19.2 7.8 <  0.001 yes
  1. Note. M Mean, SD Standard deviation