Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of selected participants (n = 281).

Demographics
Age, y, mean (SD), range 25–67	41.4 (11.4)
Male, n (%)	22 (7.8)
Race, n (%):
White	231 (82.2)
Black	33 (11.7)
Other	17 (6.0)
Married, n (%)	152 (54.1)
Personalitya
Social inhibition, mean (SD), range 0–28	9.4 (5.9)
Negative affectivity, mean (SD), range 0–28	9.1 (5.9)
Health behaviorsb, n (%)
Smoking cigarettes	12 (4.3)
Exercising at least 3 days per week	167 (59.4)
Practicing yoga or meditation at least weekly	52 (18.5)
Occupation and job characteristics
Nursec, n (%)	267 (95.0)
Quantitative demandsd, mean (SD), range 0–100	47.1 (14.7)
Work cultured, mean (SD)	0.05 (0.83)
Copinge, mean (SD)
Self-sufficient	0.0 (0.9)
Social support	0.0 (1.0)
Avoidant	0.1 (0.9)
Humor, range 1–4	2.3 (1.0)
Religion, range 1–4	2.3 (1.2)
Mental health
Seeing mental health provider, n (%)	33 (11.7)
Burnoutf:
Exhaustion, mean (SD), range 1–4	2.6 (0.5)
Disengagement, mean (SD), range 1–4	2.4 (0.5)
Depressiong:
Score, mean (SD), range 0–27	5.7 (5.0)
Categories (score range), n (%) —
Minimal symptoms (0–4)	130 (46.3)
Mild depression (5–9)	82 (29.2)
Moderate depression (10–14)	37 (13.2)
Moderately severe depression (15–19)	15 (5.3)
Severe depression (20–27)	5 (1.8)

SD = standard deviation.

^aAssessed with Type D Scale-14.

^bAll health behaviors and seeing mental health provider were self-reported.

^cNurses were all registered nurses; non-nurses were certified nursing assistants (n = 13) and medical assistants (n = 1).

^dAssessed with the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire; work culture is a latent variable, standardized to mean of 0, with ± 1 standard deviation.

^eAssessed with the brief COPE inventory; self-sufficient, social support, and avoidant are latent variables, standardized to mean of 0, with ± 1 standard deviation.

^fAssessed with Oldenburg Burnout Inventory.

^gMeasured with 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire; 12 participants missing baseline score.