READ ME File For 'Nurse Shift Patterns 2021'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2278

Date that the file was created: June, 2022

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: CHIARA DALL'ORA, University of Southampton [0000-0002-6858-3535]

Date of data collection: 06/2021 - 11/2021

Information about geographic location of data collection: Online, United Kingdom and Ireland

Related projects:
https://www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/research-areas/workforce-and-health-systems/nursing-shift-patterns-in-acute-community-and-mental-health-hospital-wards/

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse:CC-BY

Recommended citation for the data: Nurse Shift Patterns 2021 dataset 

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS:Chiara Dall'Ora, Ourega-Zoe Ejebu, Jane Ball, Peter Griffiths
TITLE: Shift work characteristics and burnout among nurses: cross-sectional survey
JOURNAL: Occupational Medicine
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN:




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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains:

[Nursing_shift_patterns_your_views_experiences_preferences_PUREupload.csv, CSV file with all the survey data
 Data_dictionary.docx, Word document with data dictionary linking the survey variables to the questionnaire items and the possible responses]




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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: online questionnaire

Methods for processing the data: these are raw data, with invalid answers removed (i.e. not meeting the inclusion criteria: not nursing staff; not working in UK or Ireland)

Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Removed invalid answers (i.e. not meeting the inclusion criteria: not nursing staff; not working in UK or Ireland)

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Chiara Dall'Ora


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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 
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Number of variables: 92

Number of cases/rows: 790

Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: See Data_dictionary.docx