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Table 3 Care workers’ administrative burden by educational level (N = 2´207)

From: Administrative burden in Swiss nursing homes and its association with care workers’ outcomes—a multicenter cross-sectional study

Administrative burden items

Total (N = 2′207), % (n)

Registered nurses (n = 1′079), % (n)

Licensed practical nurses (n = 1´128), % (n)

P valuec

Filling out the resident’s health record.a

75.3 (1´621)

79.4 (842)

71.2 (779)

< 0.001

Coordinating activities, exams or appointments.a

49.5 (1´045)

52.8 (550)

46.4 (495)

0.003

Managing/administrating residents’ admissions and discharges.a

55.5 (1´159)

61.3 (637)

49.8 (522)

< 0.001

Exchange of information (orally or written to colleagues, within the interprofessional team).a

52.3 (1´117)

54.6 (575)

50.2 (542)

0.046

Evaluating residents with the assessment instruments (with RAI, BESA or PLAISIR).a

73.0 (1´510)

76.7 (798)

69.2 (712)

< 0.001

Ordering supplies and managing stocks.a

42.6 (884)

42.5 (438)

42.7 (446)

0.93

Overall administrative burden.a

73.9 (1´561)

80.4 (837)

67.6 (724)

< 0.001

Spending 2 h or more during a "normal" day performing administrative tasks.b

36.6 (787)

48.2 (507)

25.5 (280)

< 0.001

  1. aPercentage agreement (strong or rather strong)
  2. bPercentage agreement (2 h or more)
  3. cFisher’s Exact test, P < .05 highlighted in italic