Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample (n=979)
| n | % | ||
| Hospital site | A | 134 | 13.7 |
| B | 23 | 2.4 | |
| C | 67 | 6.8 | |
| D | 290 | 29.6 | |
| E | 21 | 2.2 | |
| F | 151 | 15.4 | |
| G | 32 | 3.3 | |
| H | 40 | 4.1 | |
| I | 221 | 22.6 | |
| Hospital region of Switzerland | German-speaking part | 511 | 52.2 |
| French-speaking part | 317 | 32.4 | |
| Italian-speaking part | 151 | 15.4 | |
| Males, % | 186 | 19.1 | |
| Age, mean (SD) years | 39.9 | 11.4 | |
| Profession | Nurses in training, nursing assistants | 169 | 17.3 |
| Nurses | 500 | 51.1 | |
| Nursing experts | 55 | 5.6 | |
| Head nurses | 50 | 5.1 | |
| Resident doctors | 77 | 7.9 | |
| Attending doctors | 52 | 5.3 | |
| Senior and chief doctors | 76 | 7.8 | |
| Clinical disciplines | Internal medicine | 222 | 23.0 |
| Operative and perioperative care | 288 | 29.8 | |
| Emergency and intensive care | 195 | 20.2 | |
| Others | 260 | 26.9 | |
| Duration of employment in this hospital | ≤10 years | 584 | 60.0 |
| >10 years | 390 | 40.0 | |
| Working hours per week of patient care | <25 hours | 290 | 29.9 |
| ≥25 hours | 680 | 70.1 |