Table 1. Demographic data on the study population and the five healthcare professional groups.
Study population | Anaesthesiologists | Gynaecologists | Nurse anaesthetists | OR nurses | Residents | |
Number | 100 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 19 |
Gender n (%) | ||||||
Female | 79 (79) | 5 (35.7) | 17 (77) | 15 (79) | 26 (100) | 16 (84) |
Male | 20 (20) | 8 (57.1) | 5 (23) | 4 (21) | 0 (0) | 3 (16) |
Other | 1 (1) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Age (median (IQR)) | 46 (39, 55) | 50 (45, 54) | 51.5 (46, 61) | 52 (47, 62.5) | 42.5 (32, 55) | 35 (34, 40) |
Years’ experience (median (IQR)) | 17.5 (8.8, 28) | 18.5 (16, 24.8) | 23.50 (17, 32.5) | 28 (22, 34) | 16 (6, 23.8) | 7 (5, 12) |
Days in OR per month (median (IQR)) | 15 (6, 18) | 19 (15, 20) | 8 (3, 9) | 16 (10, 18) | 16 (15, 20) | 4 (3, 8.5) |
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