Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants.

Characteristic	Chinese Medicine Hospitals (n = 269)		Specialist Hospitals (n = 99)		General Hospitals (n = 761)		Total (n = 1129)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	n	%
Gender
Male	73	27.1	47	47.5	278	36.5	398	35.3
Female	196	72.9	52	52.5	483	63.5	731	64.7
Age groups (Years of Age)
≤25	62	23.0	16	16.2	311	40.9	389	34.5
26–35	108	40.1	39	39.4	294	38.6	441	39.1
>35	99	36.8	44	44.4	156	20.5	299	26.5
Professional
Physicians	154	57.2	45	45.5	434	57.0	633	56.1
Nurses	85	31.6	37	37.4	267	35.1	389	34.5
Test technicians	8	3.0	14	14.1	25	3.3	47	4.2
Others	22	8.2	3	3.0	35	4.6	60	5.3
Professional titles
Senior	10	3.7	5	5.1	88	11.6	103	9.1
Intermediate	69	25.7	28	28.3	294	38.6	391	34.6
junior	84	31.2	29	29.3	223	29.3	336	29.8
no	106	39.4	37	37.4	156	20.5	299	26.5
Years of experience
≤5	95	35.3	12	12.1	339	44.5	446	39.5
6–20	84	31.2	35	35.4	263	34.6	382	33.8
≥21	90	33.5	52	52.5	159	20.9	301	26.7
Working rotating shifts
Yes	169	62.8	81	81.8	561	73.7	811	71.8
No	100	37.2	18	18.2	200	26.3	318	28.2
Department
Internal medicine	175	65.1	9	9.1	279	36.7	463	41.0
Surgical	36	13.4	68	68.7	297	39.0	401	35.5
Others	58	21.6	22	22.2	185	24.3	265	23.5
Anxiety level
Extremely high	84	31.2	54	54.5	305	40.1	443	39.2
High	37	13.8	14	14.1	129	17.0	180	15.9
Moderate	93	34.6	18	18.2	230	30.2	341	30.2
Low	23	8.6	16	16.1	65	8.5	104	9.2
Not at all	32	11.9	7	7.1	32	4.2	71	6.3
Contact with patients or their families in medical work
Yes	224	83.3	83	83.8	714	93.8	1021	90.4
No	45	16.7	16	16.2	47	6.2	108	9.6