Individual Determinants of Rest-Break Behavior in Occupational Settings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material & Methods
2.1. Study Design and Sample
2.2. Study Variables
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Study Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Nurses (n = 215) | Clerical Employees (n = 109) | Total Sample (N = 324) | ||||||||||||
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Variables | Range | M | SD | n | % | M | SD | n | % | M | SD | n | % | p |
Age (years) | 18–64 | 41.9 | 10.8 | 40.5 | 11.9 | 41.4 | 11.2 | 0.296 | ||||||
Sex (women) | 0–1 | 179 | 83.3 | 79 | 72.5 | 258 | 79.6 | 0.023 | ||||||
Smoker (yes) | 0–1 | 52 | 24.2 | 43 | 39.4 | 95 | 29.3 | 0.004 | ||||||
Working hours/week | 20–56 | 38.6 | 8.2 | 38.9 | 7.1 | 38.7 | 7.8 | 0.763 | ||||||
Working hours/day | 6–13 | 10.6 | 2.0 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 10.0 | 2.0 | <0.001 | ||||||
Lunch break (yes) | 0–1 | 127 | 59.1 | 87 | 79.8 | 214 | 66.0 | <0.001 | ||||||
Total rest breaks/hour | 0–0.9 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.35 | 0.18 | 0.28 | 0.14 | <0.001 | ||||||
Attitute | 4–28 | 22.8 | 4.7 | 21.1 | 5.7 | 22.2 | 5.1 | 0.004 | ||||||
Subjective (injunctive) norm | 2–14 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 0.046 | ||||||
Behavioral control | 3–21 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 13.1 | 4.6 | 10.7 | 4.7 | <0.001 | ||||||
Rest-break intention | 1–7 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.332 |
Factor | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Attitude (positive) | If I took regular (i.e., every 1–2 h) breaks from work, that would be good. | 0.82 | ||
If I took regular (i.e., every 1–2 h) breaks from work, that would be pleasant. | 0.82 | |||
If I take regular breaks from work, it helps my concentration. | 0.79 | |||
Taking regular breaks from work keeps me from getting exhausted/burned out. | 0.76 | |||
Behavioral control | I am confident that I will be able to take regular breaks from work in the next three months. | 0.84 | ||
It is up to me to take regular breaks from work over the next three months. | 0.78 | |||
Due to the type or extent of work it is difficult to take breaks from work. | −0.76 | |||
Subjective (injunctive) norm | Most of my colleagues approve of my taking regular breaks from work. | 0.87 | ||
Most of my supervisors approve of my taking regular breaks from work. | 0.85 |
Rest-Break Intention | Rest-Break Frequency (Total Breaks Per Hour) | |||||
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Model | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Sex | −0.04 | 0.01 | −0.13 * | −0.10 * | −0.10 * | −0.10 * |
Age | −0.08 | −0.06 | −0.12 * | −0.12 * | −0.11 * | −0.11 * |
Smoking status | 0.01 | −0.01 | 0.27 ** | 0.26 ** | 0.26 ** | 0.26 ** |
Average working hours/day | −0.04 | 0.01 | −0.06 | −0.03 | −0.03 | −0.03 |
Occupation | 0.02 | −0.08 | 0.26 ** | 0.20 ** | 0.21 ** | 0.21 ** |
Attitude | 0.32 ** | 0.15 ** | 0.09 | 0.07 | ||
Subjective (injunctive) norm | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | ||
Behavioral control | 0.47 ** | 0.27 ** | 0.19 ** | 0.15 * | ||
Rest break intention | 0.16 ** | 0.17 ** | ||||
Occupation * Intention | 0.18 ** | |||||
ΔR2 | 0.01 | 0.31 ** | 0.23 ** | 0.09 ** | 0.02 ** | 0.03 ** |
R² | 0.01 | 0.32 ** | 0.23 ** | 0.31 ** | 0.33 ** | 0.36 ** |
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Blasche, G.; Wendsche, J.; Tschulik, T.; Schoberberger, R.; Weitensfelder, L. Individual Determinants of Rest-Break Behavior in Occupational Settings. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1330. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101330
Blasche G, Wendsche J, Tschulik T, Schoberberger R, Weitensfelder L. Individual Determinants of Rest-Break Behavior in Occupational Settings. Healthcare. 2021; 9(10):1330. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101330
Chicago/Turabian StyleBlasche, Gerhard, Johannes Wendsche, Theresa Tschulik, Rudolf Schoberberger, and Lisbeth Weitensfelder. 2021. "Individual Determinants of Rest-Break Behavior in Occupational Settings" Healthcare 9, no. 10: 1330. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101330
APA StyleBlasche, G., Wendsche, J., Tschulik, T., Schoberberger, R., & Weitensfelder, L. (2021). Individual Determinants of Rest-Break Behavior in Occupational Settings. Healthcare, 9(10), 1330. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101330