Table 1.
Demographic and work-related characteristics of the participants (N = 220).
| Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age (years)a | |
| 18–29 | 18 (8.2) |
| 30–39 | 66 (30.0) |
| 40–49 | 62 (28.2) |
| 50–59 | 65 (29.5) |
| ≥ 60 | 8 (3.6) |
| Refused to answer | 1 (0.5) |
| Female gendera | 189 (85.9) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 85 (38.6) |
| Married | 123 (55.9) |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 12 (5.5) |
| Monthly household income (HK$) | |
| ≤ 30,000 | 8 (5.9) |
| 30,001–50,000 | 46 (20.9) |
| 50,001–70,000 | 82 (37.3) |
| > 70,000 | 64 (29.1) |
| Refused to answer | 15 (6.8) |
| Having a religious affiliation | 81 (36.8) |
| Work mode | |
| Full-time | 203 (92.3) |
| Part-time | 17 (7.7) |
| Years in the profession | |
| < 5 | 14 (6.4) |
| 6–10 | 49 (22.3) |
| 11–15 | 18 (8.2) |
| 16–20 | 18 (8.2) |
| > 20 | 74 (33.6) |
| Refused to answer | 47 (21.4) |
| Work settinga | |
| Public | 152 (69.1) |
| Private | 31 (14.1) |
| Other (e.g. non-governmental organization) | 37 (16.8) |
| Having experience working in the team caring for COVID-19 patients | 85 (38.6) |
| Having a prior diagnosis of COVID-19 | 72 (32.7) |
| Having participated in mental health-related workshops/activities | 42 (19.1) |
| Having participated in workshops as a trainee for healthcare workers’ adjustment to work-related crisis situations | 24 (10.9) |
| Professional quality of life | |
| Moderate-to-high level of compassion satisfaction (≥ 23) | 215 (97.7) |
| Moderate-to-high level of secondary traumatic stress (≥ 23) | 150 (68.2) |
| Moderate-to-high level of burnout (≥ 23) | 155 (70.5) |
Note: aBased on the recent statistics on the characteristics of registered nurses (Department of Health, 2019), about 86.7% of nurses in Hong Kong were female. The median age of registered nurses was about 43 years old. Most of the registered nurses in Hong Kong worked in public settings (e.g. in hospitals operated by the Hospital Authority) (64.9%), followed by 18% in the private sector, and 16.1% in other settings. The characteristics of the current sample were generally comparable to those of the registered nurse population.