Organizational Factors Associated with Regulation Noncompliance in Home Care Services and Service Housing Facilities: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Characteristics of the sample.

	Service housing facilities		Home care services
	n (%)	Mean (SD)	n (%)	Mean (SD)
Registered nurses	89 (16.0)		50 (14.2)
Practical nurses	466 (84.0)		302 (85.8)
Female	514 (92.6)		325 (92.3)
Male	36 (6.5)		24 (6.8)
Age		44.60 (12.99)		43.18 (12.85)
Years of employment		8.92 (8.98)		8.57 (9.28)
Permanent contract	433 (77.9)		294 (84.0)
Fixed-term contract	103 (18.6)		56 (16.0)
Works in the public sector	367 (66.1)		352 (100.0)
Works in the private sector	188 (33.9)
Number of clients/visits		9.66 (5.38)		7.11 (3.59)
Number of disruptions		1.13 (2.17)		1.10 (1.84)
Clinical complexity of clients		1.02 (0.07)		1.11 (0.27)
Care time in relation to clinical complexity		0.17 (0.31)		0.43 (0.74)
Indirect care time		13.43 (26.84)		11.44 (34.24)
Perceived lack of time		2.35 (1.24)		2.17 (1.21)
Perceived lack of resources		1.74 (1.13)		1.71 (1.09)
Team autonomy		2.81 (0.30)		2.77 (0.41)
In some situations, violated regulations	144 (25.9)		86 (24.4)
Did not violate regulations	411 (74.1)		266 (75.6)