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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Nurs Stud. 2011 Oct 5;49(3):292–299. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.09.015

Table 1.

Demographic information for entire cohort

Category Result

Gender:
% Female 91 (674/744)

Age (mean ± SD) 43.6 ± 11.0

% Exercise regularly 62 (458/744)

Marital status (percent):
Single 16 (119/744)
Married 67 (502/744)
Other 17 (123/744)

Type of Unit (percent):
Medical 35 (262/744)
Surgical 10 (77/744)
Cardiac 11 (79/744)
Cardiothoracic 9 (68/744)
Pediatric 4 (29/744)
Other 31 (229/744)

Highest degree (percent):
Associates 20 (147/744)
Bachelors 57 (421/744)
Other 23 (176/744)

Years practiced (mean ± SD) 17.8 ± 11.7

Reason for becoming a nurse (percent): 67 (409/609)
Help and care for people 19 (118/609)
Family member or healthcare experience 22 (136/609)
Economical reasons 25 (153/609)
Medicine or science interest

PDS: % PTSD diagnosis 21 (156/740)

HADS:
% Anxiety positive 18 (136/742)
Anxiety score (mean ± SD) 12.5 ± 3.0
% Depression positive 11 (84/742)
Depression score (mean ± SD) 10.6 ± 1.8

MBI:
% BOS positive 80 (588/734)
% EE positive 61 (450/736)
EE score (mean ± SD) 34.2 ± 10.6
% DP positive 44 (326/736)
DP score (mean ± SD) 13.5 ± 8.2
% PA positive 51 (370/730)
PA score (mean ± SD) 40.0 ± 5.0

PDS=Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale, HADS=Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, MBI=Maslach Burnout Inventory, BOS=burnout Syndrome, EE=emotional exhaustion, DP=depersonalization, PA= personal accomplishment