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. 2023 May 15;31:e3915. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.6287.3915

Table 1 -. Profile of nurses with and without training in Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (ICPH). Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2021 (N=386).

Nurses n (%) Nurses w/ ICPH* training n (%)
Gender
Female 357 (92.5) 132 (93.0)
Male 29 (7.5) 10 (7.0)
Marital status
Married 146 (37.8) 58 (40.3)
Divorced/Separated 17 (4.4) 6 (4.2)
Single 100 (25.9) 35 (24.3)
Stable union/cohabitate/dating 119 (30.8) 43 (29.9)
Widowed 4 (1.0) 2 (1.4)
Ethnicity
Asian-descendant 2 (0.5) 1 (0.7)
Caucasian 346 (89.6) 130 (91.5)
Mixed race 31 (8.0) 11 (7.7)
Afro-descendant 4 (1.0) 0
None of the above 3 (0.8) 0
Current employment situation
Retired/Pensioner 11 (2.8) 5 (3.5)
Formally employed 93 (24.1) 19 (13.4)
Informally employed 18 (4.7) 5 (3.5)
Self-employed/Social Security 7 (1.8) 3 (2.1)
Self-employed/No Social Security 10 (2.6) 6 (4.2)
Unemployed 7 (1.8) 2 (1.4)
Employer 6 (1.6) 2 (1.4)
Service Provider 31 (8.0) 16 (11.3)
Public servant 225 (58.3) 92 (64.8)
Legal nature of work
Public Health Institution 263 (68.1) 103 (72.5)
Private Health Institution 58 (15.0) 14 (9.9)
Autonomous Health Institution 8 (2.1) 5 (3.5)
Philanthropic Health Institution 27 (7.0) 7 (4.9)
Does not work in nursing 20 (5.2) 6 (4.2)
Weekly workload
20 hours 11 (2.8) 4 (2.8)
36 hours 30 (7.8) 10 (7.0)
40 hours 229 (59.3) 97 (68.3)
44 hours 47 (12.2) 8 (5.6)
More than 44 hours 47 (12.2) 16 (11.3)
Not currently working 14 (3.6) 6 (4.2)
Work by shifts 13 (3.4) 3 (2.1)
Individual income (M.W. R$ 1,035.00)
Up to 2 times the M.W. 36 (9.3) 9 (6.3)
From 3 to 4 times the M.W. 163 (42.2) 59 (41.5)
From 5 to 6 times the M.W. 120 (31.3) 53 (35.9)
From 7 to 8 times the M.W. 40 (10.4) 15 (10.6)
More than 9 times the M.W. 27 (7.0) 8 (5.6)

*ICPH = Integrative Complementary Practices in Health; M.W. = Minimum wage.