Four minutes for a patient, twenty seconds for a relative - an observational study at a university hospital

Table 4 Comparison of measurement and self-assessment; rating of satisfaction in marks

	time/day (measurem.) [min]	time/day (self-assessm.) [min]	p (paired t-Test)	satisfaction (school marks)*
				female	male
communication with patients	79 min [r: 32,23-147,47 min]	133 min [r**: 60-270 min]	0.00004	3.8	3.7
communication with relatives	6 min [r: 0-24,2 min]	43 min [r: 10-210 min]	0.00001	3.8	3.9
documentation	148 min [r: 22,18-157,91 min]	226 min [r: 60-360 min]	<0.00001
working hours	659 min [r: 490-848 min]	644 min [r: 510-780 min]	>0.05

*German school marks: 1 = very good, 2 = good, 3 = satisfactory, 4 = sufficient, 5 = poor, 6 = unsatisfactory
**r = range

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