Are care staff equipped for end-of-life communication? A cross-sectional study in long-term care facilities to identify determinants of self-efficacy

Table 3 Time pressure^a

	Mental health facility	Nursing home	Care home	p-value
	N = 137	N = 178	N = 262
	%	%	%
I have sufficient time to provide appropriate care to residents
Do not agree	63.2	67.8	69.6	0.451
Agree	36.8	32.2	30.4
The time I spend doing administrative tasks is reasonable and I am sure that residents do not fall short because of it
Do not agree	83.2	69.0	72.2	0.017
Agree	16.8	31.0	27.8
I have sufficient time and possibilities for discussing problems related to residents with colleagues
Do not agree	51.2	44.3	41.2	0.178
Agree	48.8	55.7	58.8
I have sufficient time for providing direct care to residents
Do not agree	59.2	63.2	55.8	0.301
Agree	40.8	36.8	44.2
I reckon I would function better if there was less pressure
Do not agree	42.4	46.2	50.6	0.302
Agree	57.6	53.8	49.4

^aMissing values varied between settings: mental health facilities: 12 missing observations (8.8%), nursing home: 4–5 missing observations (2.3–2.8%), care homes: 2–3 missing observations (0.9–1.3%). Χ [2]-test to test inter-group differences. No significant differences were found after controlling for staff’s background characteristics

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