Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample (n = 406)
| Years in present position | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0–5 years (I) | >5–15 years (II) | >15–25 (III) | >25 (IV) | ||
| n (%)a | 378 (93.0) | n = 111 (27.3) | n = 110 (27.1) | n = 61 (15.0) | n = 96 (23.6) | p-value |
| Age, m (SD) | 47 (10.6) | 39 (11.1) | 46 (8.8) | 50 (6.8) | 56 (4.8) | <0.001* |
| Sex, n (%)b | 0.270* | |||||
| Female | 331 (87.6) | 97 (87.7) | 92 (83.6) | 53 (86.9) | 89 (92.7) | |
| Male | 47 (12.4) | 14 (12.6) | 18 (16.4) | 8 (16.1) | 7 (7.3) | |
| Present position, n (%)c | 0.036** | |||||
| Reg. radiographer | 306 (81.6) | 89 (81.7) | 81 (74.3) | 52 (85.2) | 84 (87.5) | |
| Reg. radiographer with specialisation | 29 (7.7) | 7 (6.4) | 15 (13.8) | 4 (6.6) | 3 (3.1) | |
| Reg. nurse | 7 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (4.6) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.0) | |
| Reg. radiographer/nurse in management position | 33 (8.8) | 13 (11.9) | 8 (7.3) | 4 (6.6) | 8 (8.3) | |
| Basic education, n (%)b | <0.001**; A, B, E, F | |||||
| Reg. radiographer | 276 (73.0) | 96 (86.5) | 55 (50.0) | 39 (63.9) | 86 (89.6) | |
| Reg. nurse in diagnostic radiology | 100 (26.5) | 15 (13.5) | 53 (48.2) | 22 (36.1) | 10 (10.4) | |
| Other | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Highest academic level, n (%)d | 0.394** | |||||
| High school diploma | 86 (33.9) | 11 (11.8) | 16 (20.8) | 19 (63.3) | 40 (74.1) | |
| Bachelor degree | 151 (59.4) | 77 (82.8) | 52 (67.5) | 9 (30.0) | 13 (24.1) | |
| Master degree | 14 (5.5) | 3 (3.2) | 8 (10.4) | 2 (6.7) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Postgraduate level | 3 (1.2) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Working place, n (%) e | <0.001**; B, C, E | |||||
| University hospital | 111 (29.8) | 41 (36.9) | 30 (28.0) | 10 (16.7) | 30 (31.6) | |
| County hospital | 126 (33.8) | 40 (36.0) | 45 (42.1) | 21 (35.0) | 20 (21.1) | |
| District hospital | 136 (36.5) | 30 (27.0) | 32 (29.9) | 29 (48.3) | 45 (47.4) | |
aMissing = 28 (7.0)
bMissing = 28 (6.9)
cMissing = 31 (7.6)
dMissing = 152 (37.4)
eMissing = 33 (8.1)
Significant differences between: A. I–II; B. I–III; C. I–IV; D. II–III; E.II–IV; F. III–IV
*One-way ANOVA test
**Chi square test
p-value 0.008 was used for post-hoc analysis
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