Table 1.
Summary of hospital, nurse and patients characteristics variable.
| Hospital characteristics | ||
| N | 8 | |
| Typology | University | 3 |
| Cantonal | 2 | |
| Regional | 3 | |
| Legal form | Public | 7 |
| Private/public | 1 | |
| Size | <300 beds | 2 |
| 300–600 beds | 3 | |
| >600 beds | 3 | |
| Included units | Surgical | 60 |
| Medical | 51 | |
| Gynaecological | 7 | |
| Nurse characteristics | ||
| N | 1338 | |
| Age (%) | 20–30 years | 42 |
| 31–40 | 31 | |
| 41–50 | 19 | |
| >50 | 8 | |
| Sex (%) | Female | 90 |
| Foreigners (%) | 31 | |
| Employment (%) | Full time: 100% | 39 |
| 80/90% | 33 | |
| Part-time: ≤70% | 28 | |
| Education (%) | Specialized | 31 |
| Graduate/postgraduate | 1 | |
| Years working | As a nurse | 10.3 (8.9) |
| – mean (S.D.) | In this hospital | 7.4 (7.4) |
| On this unit | 5.3 (6.0) | |
| Patient characteristics | ||
| N | 779 | |
| Age (%) | 14–20 years | 2 |
| 21–40 | 14 | |
| 41–60 | 30 | |
| 61–70 | 21 | |
| >71 | 33 | |
| Sex (%) | Female | 55 |
S.D.: standard deviation.