Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Characteristics | All respondents (n = 487) N% | Intensivists (n = 99) N% | ICU nurses (n = 290) N% | Spiritual caregivers (n = 98) N% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 204 (41.9) | 64 (64.6) | 85 (29.3) | 55 (56.1) |
| Female | 280 (57.5) | 35 (35.4) | 203 (70.0) | 42 (42.9) |
| Missing | 3 (0.6) | – | 2 (0.7) | 1 (1.0) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 46.1 (9.6) | 44.8 (7.0) | 43.9 (9.6) | 53.6 (7.6) |
| Missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Years of experience | ||||
| 0–3 years | 46 (9.4) | 10 (10.1) | 25 (8.6) | 11 (11.2) |
| 3–10 years | 139 (28.5) | 52 (52.5) | 70 (24.1) | 17 (17.3) |
| >10 years | 299 (61.4) | 37 (37.4) | 194 (66.9) | 68 (69.4) |
| Missing | 3 (0.6) | – | 1 (0.3) | 2 (2.0) |
| Work setting | ||||
| Academic hospital | 77 (15.8) | 19 (19.2) | 49 (16.9) | 9 (9.2) |
| Community-based teaching hospital | 196 (40.3) | 38 (38.4) | 119 (41.0) | 39 (39.8) |
| Other teaching hospital | 69 (14.2) | 19 (19.2) | 31 (10.7) | 20 (20.4) |
| Non-teaching hospital | 142 (29.2) | 23 (23.2) | 89 (30.7) | 30 (30.6) |
| Missing | 2 (0.4) | – | 2 (0.7) | – |
| Number of hospitals | 85 (92.3) | 66 (77.6) | 77 (90.5) | 79 (93.0) |