Nursing Workload Prediction for Upcoming Shifts: A Retrospective Observational Exploratory Study in the Postoperative and Intensive Care Unit
Table 1
Sociodemographic description of number of patients, age, sex, type of admission, type of surgery, length of stay in hours, number of days, and number of patients per day and shift.
Medical patients
Surgical patients
Patients, number (%)
2695
613 (22.7)
2082 (77.3)
Age, mean (SD†)
63.2 (18.9)
59.8 (20.4)
64.2 (18.3)
<0.001§
Sex, number (%)
Male
1257 (46.6)
388 (30.9)
869 (69.1)
Female
1438 (53.4)
225 (15.6)
1213 (84.4)
<0.001¶
Type of admission, number (%)
Elective
1047 (38.8)
74 (7.1)
973 (92.9)
Emergency
1648 (61.2)
539 (32.7)
1109 (67.2)
<0.001¶
Type of surgery, number (%)
Gastrosurgical
635 (30.5)
Orthopedic
1300 (62.4)
Nonoperated
147 (7.1)
Length of stay hours PO/ICU‡‡ median (Q1–Q3‡)
3.4 (2.1–6.3)
7.2 (2.0–19.8)
3.2 (2.1–5.0)
<0.001††
Number of days
182
Patients per day and shift, mean (SD†)
Total
20.2 (6.7)
Night shift
6.6 (2.3)
Day shift
13.9 (5.4)
Evening shift
12.0 (4.2)
† = SD-standard deviation, ‡ = Q1–Q3-interpercentile range, § = Student’s T-test, ¶ = Chi-square, †† = Mann–Whitney U, ‡‡ = PO/ICU-postoperative/intensive care unit. value <0.05 indicates statistical significance.
