Factors Contributing to Time-Wasting Activities among Palestinian Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Time-wasting scores by background variables, N = 714.

	n	%	Mean	SD
Gender
Male	249	34.8	28.02	7.02	0.223
Female	465	65.0	27.38	6.42
Age
Less than	201	28.1	28.16	6.69	≤0.001
25–35	200	28.0	28.79	7.20
More than 35	313	43.8	26.50	6.05
Residence
City	352	49.2	27.00	6.54	0.020
Village	299	41.8	27.98	6.64
Camp	63	8.8	29.25	6.86
Educational level
Technical	271	37.9	27.66	6.87	0.973
Bachelor	409	57.2	27.58	6.51
Master or above	34	4.8	27.41	6.39
Workplace
Hospital	518	72.4	28.53	6.96	≤0.001
Patient community clinic	196	27.4	25.17	4.94
Type of organization
Government	537	75.1	26.31	6.51	≤0.001
Private	177	24.8	31.53	5.36
Current job position
Nurse	631	88.3	27.53	6.59	0.342
Nurse supervisor	82	11.5	28.27	6.99
Job experience
Less than 5 years	225	31.5	28.24	6.65	0.003
Between 5 10 years	165	23.1	28.55	7.09
More than 10 years	324	45.3	26.69	6.28
Teaching hospital/clinic
Yes	396	55.4	26.59	6.93	≤0.001
No	318	44.5	28.88	6.01
Attended time management course
Yes	415	58.0	27.00	6.88	0.004
No	299	41.8	28.44	6.19
Total	714

The bold values are statistically significant. Note. ^∗p < 0.05; ^∗∗p < 0.01; ^∗∗∗p < 0.001.