Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the 196 RNs included in the study 2003.
| Variables | 2003 | 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | m | (SD) | Range | m | (SD) | Range | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 190 | ||||||
| Male | 6 | ||||||
| Age | 196 | 43.0 | (9.4) | 25-63 | 45.0 | (9.7) | 27-65 |
| Years working as a RN | 188 | 13.0 | (11.1) | 0.5-39 | 15.0 | (10.4) | 3.5-42 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Spouses | 161 | ||||||
| Single | 35 | ||||||
| Children (yes/no) | 155/36 | ||||||
| Children at home (yes/no) | 111/49 | ||||||
| Employment | |||||||
| Permanent job | 187 | ||||||
| Nurse substitute | 8 | ||||||
| Working time | |||||||
| Full time | 111 | ||||||
| Part time | 71 |
a = Information missing for some RNs at baseline; Bold figures = significant, p < 0.001.