Table 2.
Demographic variables-comparison of proportions at baseline and follow-up (total N = 438).
| Variable | Intervention group | Control group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline N = 89* |
Follow-up N = 93* |
p-value† | Baseline N = 133* |
Follow-up N = 123* |
p-value† | |
| Female | 72.7% | 77.2% | 0.491 | 87.0% | 85.1% | 0.663 |
| Current position | 0.797 | 0.223 | ||||
| - Nurse | 36.4% | 37.8% | (0.845) | 28.5% | 38.5% | (0.090) |
| - Medical doctor | 4.5% | 5.6% | (0.758) | 7.7% | 8.2% | (0.882) |
| - Psychologist | 21.6% | 28.9% | (0.263) | 13.8% | 15.6% | (0.669) |
| - Health/welfare worker | 25.0% | 18.9% | (0.324) | 37.7% | 28.7% | (0.130) |
| - Administrative/Other | 12.5% | 8.9% | (0.435) | 12.3% | 9.0% | (0.399) |
| Leadership responsibility | 12.5% | 7.7% | 0.285 | 7.7% | 9.0% | 0.704 |
| Category of patients working with | 0.594 | 0.069 | ||||
| - In-patients | 29.5% | 26.1% | (0.605) | 49.6% | 50.4% | (0.900) |
| - Out-patients | 52.3% | 50.0% | (0.760) | 32.8% | 34.1% | (0.823) |
| - Both | 11.4% | 18.5% | (0.181) | 12.2% | 15.4% | (0.455) |
| - Not working with patients | 6.8% | 5.4% | (0.699) | 5.3% | 0% | (0.009) |
| No of years worked in this unit. Mean(SD) | 6.4 (6.3) | 4.8 (5.5) | 0.069‡ | 6.8 (6.2) | 7.2 (6.9) | 0.631‡ |
Numbers are percentages of total N for each sample unless otherwise stated.
* The N in the four samples varied for each question due to missing answers on the variables (0.8%-3.3%).
† p-value calculated using Pearson's chi square.
‡ p-value calculated using independent samples t-test.