Relationship between napping during night shift work and household obligations of female nursing personnel

Figures & data

Table 1 Description of study populations for each hospital in relation to sociodemographic and work-related variables

	Study 1		Study 2		P
	Mean (SD)	Median	Mean (SD)	Median
Professional work (hours/week)	56.8 (21.5)	54	49.7 (19.1)	48	0.031
Number of nights/fortnight	5.8 (5.6)	5	6.6 (2.1)	6	0.001
Age (years)	36.0 (11.9)	35	40.0 (10.2)	38	0.009
Domestic work (hours/week)	12.9 (13.9)	8	23.3 (15.5)	21	0.000
Domestic workload*	15.4 (14.9)	12	40.2 (20.5)	36	0.000
	n	%	n	%
Number of jobs
One job	107	43.3	28	57.0	0.076
Two or more jobs	140	56.7	21	43.0
Job title
Registered nurses	71	28.7	13	27.0	0.978
Nursing aides/assistants	176	71.3	36	73.0
Marital status
Married/living with partner	99	40.2	23	47.0	0.840
Single	101	41.1	14	29.0
Divorced/separated/widowed	46	18.6	12	24.0

Note:

* Domestic workload considers the degree of sharing domestic tasks and the number of people living at home.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Comparison of nap duration during night shifts and sociodemographic and work variables among female nursing professionals – Study 1

	Napping during night shifts		P
	Up to 2 hours n (%)	2.1–3 hours n (%)
Job title
Registered nurses	26 (32.1)	45 (27.1)	0.416
Nursing aides/assistants	55 (67.9)	121 (72.9)
Number of jobs
One job	37 (45.7)	70 (42.2)	0.601
Two or more jobs	44 (54.3)	96 (57.8)
Marital status
Married/divorced	46 (56.8)	99 (60.0)	0.631
Single	35 (43.2)	66 (40.0)
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Professional work (hours/week)	54.7 (20.3)	57.8 (21.9)	0.303
Number of nights/fortnight	6.5 (9.3)	5.4 (2.2)	0.320
Domestic work (hours/week)	12.8 (14.5)	13.1 (13.6)	0.580
Domestic workload	16.02 (15.6)	15.1 (14.6)	0.742
Age (years)	35 (12.3)	37 (11.7)	0.247

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 3 Comparison of nap duration during night shifts and sociodemographic and work variables among female nursing professionals – Study 2

	Napping during night shifts		P
	Up to 2.3 hours n (%)	More than 2.3 hours n (%)
Job title
Registered nurses	8 (34.8)	5 (18.2)	0.208
Nursing aides/assistants	15 (65.2)	17 (81.8)
Number of jobs
One job	10 (43.5)	14 (63.6)	0.175
Two or more jobs	13 (56.5)	8 (36.4)
Marital status
Married/divorced	16 (69.6)	15 (68.2)	0.873
Single	7 (30.4)	7 (31.8)
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Professional work (hours/week)	54.6 (20.0)	46.9 (18.2)	0.108
Number of nights/ fortnight	6.7 (2.3)	6.4 (2.1)	0.384
Domestic work (hours/week)	16.4 (13.1)	28.6 (15.8)	0.005
Domestic workload	32.9 (15.5)	43.3 (20.9)	0.027
Age (years)	38.0 (10.6)	41.4 (9.9)	0.219

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.