Multitasking behaviors and provider outcomes in emergency department physicians: two consecutive, observational and multi-source studies

Table 1 Associations of multitasking and ED physicians’ stress and situation awareness

	Provider outcomes
	Stress (study 1)		Situation awareness (study 2)
	B [95% CI]	p	B [95% CI]	p
ED workload data
Share of high acuity patients	.00 [−.09, .09]	.97	.16 [.02, .30]	.02
Count of patients in ED care	−.03 [−.13, .06]	.50	−.01 [−.02, .01]	.47
Count of ED staff present	.07 [.00, .13]	.04	.27 [−.05, .58]	.09
ED physicians’ multitasking
Observed % of multitasking	.02 [.00, .03]	.01	.08 [.02, .14]	.009

Note: B non-standardized regression coefficient; p Significance, bold if p < .05; intercept not depicted; study 1 n = 28 observation sessions; study 2 n = 31

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