Die von Pflegenden unterschiedlicher Pflegeeinrichtungen wahrgenommene Belastung bei der Arbeit

The perceived workload of nurses belonging to different care facilities Aim: The study aimed to determine the workload of nurses working in outpatient care, inpatient long-term care and care in a hospital or rehabilitation facility. Of interest were the frequency of occurrence of different workload characteristics and the identification of workload characteristics in which the facilities differ from each other. The study used data from the 2018 BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey, from which 17 items were selected. The items belong to one of the following categories: work content, work organisation, social relationships and work environment. Methods: The mean values show that “good cooperation with colleagues” and “help or support from colleagues and the direct supervisor” are rated overall as occurring frequently in all three care facilities. The items “strong deadline or performance pressure”, “constantly recurring work processes”, “simultaneous supervision of different tasks”, the need to “work quickly”, “working while standing up”, “lifting and carrying of heavy loads” and the “occurrence of emotionally stressful situations” were also rated as occurring frequently. Variance analyses were then conducted and with a grouping factor (type of care facility) and the size effect measure was calculated omega-squared. Results: The item “disturbances and interruptions at work” gave the highest omega square of 0.146, indicating a moderate effect size. The other items resulted in small effect sizes. A discriminance analysis shows that the item “disturbances and interruptions at work” has highest relevance for the differentiation of the facilities, while the greatest differences is between “outpatient care” and “care in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities”. Conclusions: Based on the results, conclusions are drawn concerning work design measures. Keywords: workload – nurses – care facility – work design