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Table 4 Within and between-group analysis in self-reported job satisfaction, person-centred care (PCC) and stress of conscience among staff

From: Effects of a person-centred and health-promoting intervention in home care services– a non-randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention groupa

Control groupb

Intervention/

Controlb

n

Baseline

M (Q1; Q3)

Follow-up

M (Q1; Q3)

p-value

n

Baseline

M (Q1; Q3)

Follow-up

M (Q1; Q3)

p-value

p-value

Measure of job satisfaction (number of scores in scale)

 Overall job satisfaction (37–185)

17

131 (120; 140)

131 (116; 148)

0.733

22

123 (109; 136)

122 (111; 136)

0.468

0.804

  Personal satisfaction (10–50)

18

39 (37; 41)

39 (37; 41)

0.888

27

37 (31; 41)

38 (35; 42)

0.571

0.836

  Satisfaction with workload (7–35)

17

26 (20; 27)

25 (19; 28)

0.697

27

21 (17; 24)

21 (18; 24)

0.705

0.972

  Satisfaction with professional support (9–45)

18

34 (32; 38)

34 (31; 36)

0.795

28

34 (30; 38)

33 (31; 37)

0.980

0.892

  Satisfaction with pay (7–35)

18

20 (17; 24)

21 (16; 26)

0.864

25

21 (17; 24)

22 (17; 25)

0.955

0.881

  Satisfaction with training (4–20)

18

13 (12; 15)

13 (10; 16)

0.958

27

13 (10; 13)

12 (9; 15)

0.730

0.726

 Overall person-centred care (13–65)

18

44 (41; 49)

43 (39; 52)

0.756

25

45 (39; 51)

46 (41; 54)

0.432

0.937

  Personalizing care (7–35)

18

27 (24; 28)

27 (22; 31)

0.448

28

26 (23; 30)

26 (26; 29

0.853

0.306

  Organizational support (4–20)

18

12 (10; 16)

13 (10; 15)

0.855

27

13 (11; 15)

14 (11; 17)

0.234

0.308

  Environmental accessibility (2–10)

18

6 (6; 7)

6 (6; 7)

0.567

28

6 (5; 7)

7 (6; 8)

0.772

0.867

Stress of conscience (number of scores in scale)

 Overall stress of conscience (0–45)

17

7 (1.5; 14)

7 (2.75; 13)

0.123

25

18 (8; 23)

12 (7; 17.5)

0.037*

0.625

  How often do you lack time to provide the care the patient needs?

18

2 (0; 3.25)

1 (0; 3)

0.142

27

3 (2; 4)

3 (2; 4)

0.662

0.184

  Are you ever forced to provide care that feels wrong?

18

1.5 (0; 3)

1 (0; 2)

0.290

28

1 (0; 3)

1 (0.25; 2)

0.423

0.851

  Do you ever have to deal with incompatible demands in your work?

18

1.5 (0; 3)

1 (0; 3)

0.676

27

2 (1; 3)

2 (1; 3)

0.580

0.877

  Do you ever see patients being insulted and/or injured?

18

0 (0; 1)

0 (0; 1)

0.619

27

1 (0; 3)

0 (0; 1)

0.015*

0.086

  Do you ever find yourself avoiding patients or family members who need help or support?

18

0 (0; 0)

0 (0; 1)

0.417

29

0 (0; 1)

0 (0; 0)

0.117

0.062

  Is your private life ever so demanding that you do not have the energy to devote yourself to your work as you would like?

17

0 (0; 0)

0 (0; 1)

1

29

1 (0; 2.5)

0 (0; 2)

0.689

0.571

  Is your work in health care ever so demanding that you do not have the energy to devote yourself to your family the way you would like?

18

2 (0; 3)

1 (1; 3)

0.328

29

3 (1; 4)

3 (2; 4)

0.291

0.226

  Do you ever feel that you cannot live up to others’ expectations of your work?

17

0.5 (0; 2.25)

0 (0; 1.25)

0.435

28

2 (1; 3)

1 (0.25; 2.75)

0.267

0.922

  Do you ever lower your aspirations to provide good care?

17

0 (0; 3)

0.5 (0; 2)

0.596

25

2 (1; 3)

1 (0; 2)

0.057

0.214

  1. aWilcoxon signed-rank test; bMann-Whitney U-test
  2. *Significant difference p-value ≥0.05
  3. M Median, Q1 First quartile, Q3 Third quartile