Occupational level | NL | BE | DE | FIN | FR | GB | IT | POL | SLK | Total | |
Physical load (average of the sum score items) (N = 31,234) | |||||||||||
Head nurses | Low or med. |
| 91.5% | 71.9% | 86.2% | 98.6% | 91.3% | 97.3% | 84.0% | 90.8% | 87.5% |
High |
| 8.5% | 28.1% | 13.8% | 1.4% | 8.7% | 2.7% | 16.0% | 9.2% | 12.5% | |
Number |
| 388 | 645 | 385 | 282 | 646 | 366 | 307 | 251 | 3270 | |
Spec. nurses | Low or med. | 86.1% | 86.1% | 76.6% | 87.8% | 85.5% | 86.8% | 85.1% |
| 92.7% | 85.9% |
High | 13.9% | 13.9% | 23.4% | 12.2% | 14.5% | 13.2% | 14.9% |
| 7.3% | 14.1% | |
Number | 1018 | 676 | 401 | 1177 | 269 | 569 | 316 |
| 165 | 4591 | |
State- registered nurses | Low or med. | 85.3% | 84.6% | 65.7% | 81.1% | 83.1% | 88.9% | 80.0% | 68.3% | 72.2% | 78.1% |
High | 14.7% | 15.4% | 34.3% | 18.9% | 16.9% | 11.1% | 20.0% | 31.7% | 27.8% | 21.9% | |
Number | 2443 | 2512 | 1959 | 847 | 2317 | 757 | 3974 | 3008 | 1871 | 19688 | |
Nursing aids | Low or med. | 90.0% | 70.4% | 64.0% | 75.9% | 65.8% | 78.6% |
| 50.0% | 75.4% | 70.5% |
High | 10.0% | 29.6% | 36.0% | 24.1% | 34.2% | 21.4% |
| 50.0% | 24.6% | 29.5% | |
Number | 379 | 426 | 314 | 191 | 1935 | 290 |
| 16 | 134 | 3685 | |
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Amount of hours standing at work per day (N = 33,927) | |||||||||||
Head nurses | <4 hrs |
| 34.7% | 16.1% | 57.0% | 38.9% | 31.8% | 39.2% | 41.1% | 31.1% | 34.6% |
4 - 5 hrs |
| 29.5% | 35.7% | 20.4% | 36.8% | 22.5% | 37.0% | 34.4% | 34.1% | 31.0% | |
6 hrs & + |
| 35.9% | 48.2% | 22.6% | 24.3% | 45.7% | 23.8% | 24.5% | 34.7% | 34.4% | |
Number |
| 404 | 670 | 393 | 334 | 683 | 495 | 436 | 331 | 3746 | |
Spec. nurses | <4 hrs | 30.1% | 9.7% | 6.2% | 38.6% | 9.4% | 24.5% | 33.7% |
| 19.8% | 25.3% |
4 - 5 hrs | 36.6% | 29.6% | 25.9% | 24.9% | 25.1% | 20.4% | 26.5% |
| 29.1% | 27.9% | |
6 hrs & + | 33.3% | 60.7% | 67.9% | 36.5% | 65.5% | 55.1% | 39.8% |
| 51.1% | 46.8% | |
Number | 1039 | 693 | 417 | 1202 | 287 | 592 | 460 |
| 182 | 4872 | |
State- Registered nurses | <4 hrs | 27.5% | 9.6% | 6.7% | 21.5% | 9.4% | 18.1% | 9.5% | 17.4% | 18.0% | 14.3% |
4 - 5 hrs | 36.1% | 41.7% | 28.7% | 28.4% | 22.0% | 22.3% | 26.9% | 23.9% | 24.0% | 28.4% | |
6 hrs & + | 36.4% | 48.8% | 64.6% | 50.1% | 68.6% | 59.6% | 63.6% | 58.7% | 58.0% | 57.2% | |
Number | 2473 | 2553 | 1988 | 852 | 2377 | 779 | 4490 | 3817 | 2098 | 21427 | |
Nursing aids | <4 hrs | 48.6% | 11.7% | 13.0% | 5.1% | 2.1% | 12.2% |
| 17.6% | 10.4% | 10.5% |
4 - 5 hrs | 26.4% | 30.9% | 33.3% | 8.6% | 15.0% | 27.4% |
| 29.4% | 17.0% | 20.4% | |
6 hrs & + | 25.0% | 57.4% | 53.7% | 86.3% | 82.9% | 60.4% |
| 52.9% | 72.6% | 69.1% | |
Number | 424 | 446 | 324 | 197 | 2036 | 303 |
| 17 | 135 | 3882 | |
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| *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Uncomfortable postures (N = 31,008) | |||||||||||
Head nurses | 0 - 5/day |
| 77.8% | 51.8% | 73.6% | 95.0% | 74.4% | 87.5% | 74.3% | 83.0% | 74.2% |
6 - 10/day |
| 15.1% | 21.6% | 15.8% | 3.2% | 15.7% | 5.4% | 12.9% | 9.5% | 13.8% | |
>10/day |
| 7.0% | 26.6% | 10.6% | 1.8% | 9.9% | 7.1% | 12.9% | 7.5% | 12.0% | |
Number |
| 383 | 643 | 387 | 282 | 645 | 368 | 311 | 253 | 3272 |