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Table 2 Duration of average workday and idle time

From: Human and financial resource needs for universal access to WHO-PEN interventions for diabetes and hypertension care in Eswatini: results from a time-and-motion and bottom-up costing study

Result

Overall

SOC

Intervention

Duration of average reported workday (in HH:MM)

 All staff, mean (95% CI)

8 h 27 m (8 h 22 m–8 h 32 m)

8 h 17 m (8 h 09 m–8 h 24 m)***

8 h 36 m (8 h 29 m–8 h 42 m)***

 Nursing staff

8 h 25 m (8 h 18 m–8 h 31 m)

8 h 10 m (7 h 56 m–8 h 24 m)***

8 h 37 m (8 h 32 m–8 h 41 m)***

 Expert client

8 h 26 m (8 h 15 m–8 h 36 m)

8 h 11 m (7 h 51 m–8 h 32 m)***

8 h 37 m (8 h 30 m–8 h 44 m)***

 All staff except nursing staff & expert client

8 h 28 m (8 h 21 m–8 h 36 m)

8 h 22 m (8 h 12 m–8 h 32 m)

8 h 35 m (8 h 23 m–8 h 47 m)

Idle time, including breaks

 Duration of total idle time in minutes, mean (95% CI)

62 (53–71)

69 (57–81)

57 (44–70)

 Average idle time duration per HCW, mins

33 (30–36)

37 (32–41)**

30 (26–34)**

 Average idle time duration per HCW < 12:00, mins

23 (19–27)

24 (18–30)

23 (18–28)

 Average idle time duration per HCW > 12:00, mins

42 (38–47)

45 (40–51)

40 (33–46)

  1. **p < 0.005, ***p < 0.001, () 95% CI