Table 3

Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations and ORs

Variable	Unit workload (staffing)	Job workload (general)	Job workload (specific)	Task workload		Job dissatisfaction	Burnout	Medication error
Variable	Unit workload (staffing)	Job workload (general)	Job workload (specific)	Internal	External	Job dissatisfaction	Burnout	Medication error
Unit workload
Job workload (general)	0.40^*
Job workload (specific)	0.10	0.30^*
Task workload (internal)	−0.10	0.27^*	0.16
Task workload (external)	0.34^*	0.44^*	0.21^†	0.18^†
Job dissatisfaction	0.40^*	0.20^†	0.06	–0.06	0.23^*
Burnout	0.45^*	0.37^*	0.20^†	0.10	0.39^*	0.63^*
Medication error (OR)	1.37	1.92^†	1.13	1.21	2.47^*	1.06	1.10
M	2.58	4.36	5.14	4.55	3.51	1.30	2.87	1.91^‡
SD	1.00	0.79	0.72	0.96	1.08	0.92	1.34	1.04

p Values adjusted using the false discovery rate adjustment for multiple tests.
↵* p<0.01.
↵† p<0.05.
↵‡ A mean is reported here, but medication error was dichotomised for the purpose of all analyses (see text).