Table 1. Socio-demographic, personal and professional characteristics of the participants.
Characteristics | Participants, N (%) | ||
Doctors (n = 170) | Nurses (n = 226) | Total caregivers (n = 396) | |
Age (years) | |||
≤30 | 106 (62.35) | 135 (59.73) | 241 (60.90) |
>30 - ≤40 | 34 (20.00) | 67 (29.65) | 101 (25.50) |
>40 - ≤55 | 13 (7.65) | 9 (3.98) | 22 (5.60) |
>55 | 17 (10.00) | 15 (6.64) | 32 (8.10) |
Female sex | 56 (32.94) | 155 (68.58) | 211 (53.30) |
Family situation | |||
Singles | 94 (55.29) | 127 (56.19) | 221 (55.80) |
Married | 67 (39.41) | 91 (40.27) | 158 (39.90) |
Divorced | 9 (5.29) | 8 (3.54) | 17 (4.30) |
No dependent children | 134 (78.82) | 186 (82,30) | 320 (80,80) |
Number of years of practice | |||
Less than 5 years | 85 (50.00) | 88 (38.90) | 173 (43.70) |
Between 5 and 15 years | 50 (29.40) | 101 (44.70) | 151 (38.10) |
Between 16 and 25 years | 9 (5.30) | 15 (6.60) | 24 (6.10) |
More than 25 years | 26 (15.30) | 22 (9,70) | 48 (12,10) |
Career choice | |||
Deliberate | 123 (72.35) | 202 (89,38) | 325 (82,07) |
Imposed | 47 (27.65) | 24 (10.62) | 71 (17.93) |
Place of practice choice | |||
Deliberate | 164 (96.47) | 139 (61.50) | 303 (76.52) |
Imposed | 6 (3.53) | 87 (38.50) | 93 (23.48) |
Structure of practice | |||
Peripheral hospital | 79 (46.47) | 101 (44.69) | 180 (45.50) |
Regional hospital | 18 (10.59) | 24 (10.62) | 42 (10.60) |
University hospital | 45 (26.47) | 64 (28.32) | 109 (27.50) |
Liberal sector | 24 (14.12) | 36 (15.93) | 60 (15.20) |
Non-profit organization | 4 (2.35) | 1 (0.44) | 5 (1.30) |
Number of working hours per week (including on-call duty) | |||
Less than 15 | 8 (4.71) | 32 (14.16) | 40 (10.10) |
Between 15 and 35 | 3 (1.76) | 48 (21.24) | 51 (12.88) |
Between 35 and 50 | 44 (25.88) | 97 (42.92) | 141 (35.61) |
More than 50 | 115 (67.56) | 49 (21.68) | 164 (41.41) |
Number of free weekends per month | |||
None | 0 (0.00) | 53 (23.45) | 53 (13.38) |
1 only | 0 (0.00) | 18 (7.96) | 18 (4.55) |
2 | 110 (64.71) | 53 (23.45) | 163 (41.16) |
3 | 58 (34.12) | 41 (18.14) | 99 (25.00) |
All | 2 (1.18) | 61 (26.99) | 63 (15.91) |
Shift system | |||
On call | 128 (75.30) | 67 (29.60) | 195 (49.20) |
Shift in Hospital | 42 (24.70) | 159 (70.40) | 201 (50.80) |
Number of shifts per month | |||
None | 0 (0.00) | 29 (12.83) | 29 (7.32) |
Less than 5 shifts | 27 (15.88) | 42 (18.58) | 69 (17.42) |
From 5 to 10 shifts | 109 (64.12) | 67 (29.65) | 176 (44.44) |
More than 10 shifts | 34 (20.00) | 88 (38.94) | 122 (30.81) |
Lack of rest after shift | 155 (91.18) | 116 (51.33) | 125 (31.60) |
Get the vacation | |||
Easy | 56 (32.90) | 73 (32.30) | 129 (32.6) |
Difficult | 114 (67.10) | 153 (67.70) | 267 (67.40) |
Workload estimate | |||
Important | 147 (86.47) | 128 (56.64) | 275 (69.40) |
Middle | 23 (13.53) | 91 (40.27) | 114 (28.80) |
Minimal | 0 (0.00) | 7 (3.10 | 7 (1.80) |
Estimation of salary | |||
Adapted | 9 (5.29) | 32 (14.16) | 41 (10.35) |
Non-adapted | 161 (94.71) | 194 (85.84) | 355 (89.39) |
Estimation of time spent with family | |||
Sufficient | 38 (22.35) | 58 (25.66) | 96 (24.24) |
Insufficient | 132 (77.65) | 168 (74.34) | 300 (75.76) |
The presence of entertainment (Yes) | 128 (75.29) | 154 (68.14) | 282 (71.20) |
Continuing education (Yes) | 53 (31.18) | 60 (26.55) | 113 (29.50) |
Presence of toxic habits | 63 (37.06) | 26 (11.50) | 89 (22.50) |
Nature of toxic habits | |||
Tobacco | 55 (32.43) | 122 (54.00) | 177 (44.70) |
Alcohol | 51 (29.73) | 77 (34.00) | 128 (32.32) |
Cannabis | 32 (18.92) | 22 (10.00) | 54 (13.63) |
Anesthetic products | 14 (8.11) | 5 (2.00) | 19 (4.80) |
Psychotropics | 18 (10.81) | 0 (0.00) | 18 (4.55) |
Presence of sleep disturbances | 66 (38.82) | 103 (45.58) | 169 (42.70) |
Presence of suicidal ideation | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.44) | 1 (0.25) |