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Table 1 Setting, participants and results of the two indirect care measurement campaigns

From: Revision of hospital work organization using nurse and healthcare assistant workload indicators as decision aid tools

 

2012

2015

Setting (Nb)

 Participating departmentsa

23

20

 Hospitalized patients

3927

3738

Healthcare workers participating to indirect care recording (person-week)

 Nurses

1132

1137

 Healthcare assistants

970

966

 Cleaners

105

0

Time spent on indirect care (hours) over a week

 Nurses

3131

2895

 Healthcare assistants

3013

3167

Ratio (hours of indirect care/person)

 Nurses

2,77

2,55

 Healthcare assistants

3,11

3,28

  1. aDifferential between 2012 and 2015 are due to merged departments