Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample for each unit

	Ward-I		ED		Ward-II		Overall
Source	T1	T2	T1	T2	T1	T2	T1	T2
Response rate	68	64	56	64	59	54	58	62
Same respondentsa		50		47		36		43
Women	82	63	84	83	94	92	86	81
Age
Under 30	30	13	30	10	28	24	29	13
31-45	47	56	55	67	38	44	50	61
Over 45	23	31	15	23	34	32	21	26
Education
School/College	35	13	55	34	28	24	46	30
University	65	87	45	66	72	76	54	70
Profession
Nurse aid	41	31	59	40	41	44	52	40
Nurse	59	69	41	60	59	56	48	60
Experience
< 5 year	88	75	54	46	47	60	57	52
5 – 20 years	12	13	39	51	41	24	36	41
> 20 years	0	12	7	3	13	16	7	7

Note. Values are expressed as a percentage of the total number of respondents.

^aValues only shown for T2 as a percentage of respondents who responded at both T1 and T2 to the total number of respondents at T2.