Table 4 Results of questions on patients’ safety and doctors’ quality of life
All (n = 1085) | ||
|---|---|---|
N (%) | ||
Please indicate how much you think your nightwork affects the quality of your daily life | Extremely | 161 (14%) |
Significantly | 679 (63%) | |
Neutral | 119 (11%) | |
Slightly | 119 (11%) | |
Not at all | 7 (1%) | |
Do you believe that sleep deprivation affects your professional performance? | Extremely | 143 (13%) |
Significantly | 584 (54%) | |
Neutral | 164 (15%) | |
Slightly | 163 (15%) | |
Not at all | 31 (3%) | |
Do you believe that your fatigue during nighttime work may increase the perioperative risk of your patients? | Very much | 170 (16%) |
To some degree | 531 (49%) | |
Neutral | 158 (14%) | |
Rarely | 170 (16%) | |
Not at all | 56 (5%) | |
Taking into account your current work conditions, please rate your opinion on the following sentence: “Night-time work represents an additional risk per se for the patient” | Strongly agree | 234 (22%) |
Agree | 600 (55%) | |
Neutral | 174 (16%) | |
Disagree | 66 (6%) | |
Strongly disagree | 11 (1%) | |
Do you believe that the overall working conditions at your hospital during nighttime may increase the perioperative risk of your patients? | Very much | 226 (21%) |
Partly | 568 (53%) | |
Neutral | 144 (13%) | |
Rarely | 112 (10%) | |
Not at all | 35 (3%) |