Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the nurses.

Characteristics	N	%
Gender
Females	486	77.3
Males	143	22.7
Age a	39.7	9.8
Clinical experience (years) a	15.4	12.8
Shift work
No	392	62.3
Yes	237	37.7
Full-time job
No	47	7.5
Yes	582	92.5
Sector
Private	258	41.0
Public	371	59.0
Understaffed workplace
No	163	25.9
Yes	466	74.1

^a mean and standard deviation.