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. 2023 Sep 9;15(9):e44956. doi: 10.7759/cureus.44956

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)