Table 1.
The demographic and professional characteristics of the participants
| Doctors (n = 102) |
R. Nurses (n = 135) |
Temp. Nurses (n = 72) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic features | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 71 | 69,6 | 2 | 1,5 | 28 | 38,9 |
| Female | 31 | 30,4 | 133 | 98,5 | 44 | 61,1 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Unmarried | 27 | 25,7 | 38 | 28,1 | 36 | 50,0 |
| Married | 73 | 72,3 | 94 | 69,6 | 34 | 47,2 |
| Widowed/divorced | 2 | 2,0 | 3 | 2,2 | 2 | 2,8 |
| Type of hospital | ||||||
| General public | 25 | 24,5 | 55 | 40,7 | 13 | 18,1 |
| Teaching | 17 | 16,7 | 38 | 28,1 | 29 | 40,3 |
| University | 60 | 58,8 | 42 | 31,1 | 30 | 41,7 |
| Working Unit | ||||||
| Medicine | 48 | 47,1 | 66 | 48,9 | 30 | 41,7 |
| Surgery | 25 | 24,5 | 38 | 28,1 | 21 | 29,2 |
| Emergency/ICU/OR* | 29 | 28,4 | 31 | 23,0 | 21 | 29,2 |
| Experience in profession | ||||||
| Less than 5 year | 29 | 28,4 | 32 | 24,4 | 39 | 54,9 |
| 5 to 9 years | 27 | 26,5 | 33 | 25,2 | 10 | 14,1 |
| 10 to 14 years | 15 | 14,7 | 34 | 26,0 | 12 | 116,9 |
| 15 years or more | 31 | 30,4 | 32 | 24,4 | 10 | 14,1 |
| Experience in current hospital work area/unit | ||||||
| Less than 1 year | 19 | 18,6 | 23 | 17,2 | 28 | 38,9 |
| 1 to 4 years | 42 | 41,2 | 45 | 33,6 | 29 | 40,3 |
| 5 to 9 years | 22 | 21,6 | 21 | 15,7 | 6 | 8,3 |
| 10 years or more | 19 | 18,6 | 45 | 33,6 | 9 | 12,5 |
*ICU: Intensive Care Unit, OR: Operating Room