Journal of Nursing Management

Research Article

Working Hours Associated with the Quality of Nursing Care, Missed Nursing Care, and Nursing Practice Environment in China: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Comparison of MNC/NPE across groups (N = 12703).


Characteristics	MNC			NPE
Characteristics	Mean (SD)/Media (P₂₅, P₇₅)	F/t/Z		Mean (SD)/Media (P₂₅, P₇₅)	F/t/Z

N-P ratio¹		3.411	0.001		−4.749	<0.001
Departments²		6.03	0.001		7.41	0.001
Internal medicine	6.83 ± 10.58			3030.97 ± 759.15
Surgery	6.35 ± 10.40			3112.28 ± 722.00
Gynecology and obstetrics	4.65 ± 8.91			3118.84 ± 752.76
Pediatric	6.07 ± 9.89			3011.01 ± 767.28
Neonatology	2.78 ± 5.62			3150.34 ± 688.13
Others	6.29 ± 11.37			3105.76 ± 735.90
ICU	6.44 ± 10.29			3030.54 ± 754.73
NICU	4.24 ± 8.29			3206.7 ± 666.497
PICU	3.99 ± 9.09			3292.48 ± 660.604
Specialist ICU	6.49 ± 10.60			3197.8 ± 644.661
Age (years)³		10.688	0.014		36.522	<0.001
≤25	1 (0, 8)			3290.5 (2666.5, 3673)
26–34	1 (0, 9)			3380 (2720, 3686)
35–44	1 (0, 9)			3420 (2824, 3682)
≥45	1 (0, 11)			3239 (2646.5, 3635.5)
Gender²		1.114	0.265		−2.820	0.005
Male	6.91 ± 11.273			3297 (2506.5, 3681.5)
Female	6.29 ± 10.410			3372 (2727.75, 3681)
Education background³		13.80	0.003		81.881	<0.001
Special secondary school	0 (0, 8)			3281 (2850, 3649.5)
Junior college	1 (0, 8)			3190 (2504.25, 3632)
Undergraduate	1 (0, 9)			3394 (2755, 3686)
Postgraduate	3 (0, 16)			3475 (2960.5, 3676)
Overtime work²		−25.913	<0.001		−22.178	<0.001
Yes	4, (0, 16)			3099 (2382, 3594.5)
No	0, (0, 6)			3467 (2880, 3694)
Professional-technical title³		31.098	<0.001		19.224	<0.001
Nurse	1 (0, 7)			3288.5 (2645, 3670)
Senior nurse	1 (0, 8)			3396 (2743.5, 3686)
Nurse in charge	1 (0, 10)			3378 (2720, 3679)
Assistant director nurse or above	1 (0, 12)			3322.5 (2810.75, 3658.75)
Work seniority (years)³		18.109	0.001		20.758	<0.001
<2	0 (0, 7)			3345 (2671.75, 3676.75)
2–5	1 (0, 9)			3304 (2696.75, 3678)
5–10	1 (0, 8)			3389 (2714.25, 3685)
10–20	1 (0, 9)			3399 (2757.5, 3687)
>20	0 (0, 11)			3309 (2690, 3653.5)
Shift²		−2.820	0.005		−2.786	0.005
Day	1 (0, 8)			3389 (2730, 3683)
Night	1 (0, 9)			3331.5 (2705, 3674)
Patient grade ratio¹
Special level		0.111	0.912		−4.163	<0.001
First level		2.107	0.045		2.780	0.005
Second level		−0.148	0.882		−3.884	<0.001
Third level		−0.592	0.554		0.747	0.455

Note. ¹linear regression; ²one-way ANOVA; ³Kruskal–Wallis rank sum test.