Table 1.
Respondent demographics of Three Good Things participants
| Day 1 Participants (n=228) n (%) |
1-month postassessment (n=127) n (%) |
6-month postassessment (n=119) n (%) |
12-month postassessment (n=121) n (%) |
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| Healthcare worker role | ||||
| Admin support | 4 (1.8) | 4 (3.1) | 4 (3.3) | 3 (2.5) |
| Attending/staff/fellow/resident physician | 31 (13.6) | 22 (17.3) | 19 (16.0) | 22 (18.2) |
| Nurse manager/charge nurse | 15 (6.6) | 13 (10.2) | 13 (10.7) | 9 (7.4) |
| Other* | 49 (21.5) | 26 (20.5) | 31 (26.1) | 27 (22.3) |
| Other manager (eg, clinic manager) | 52 (22.8) | 26 (20.5) | 21 (17.4) | 24 (19.8) |
| Physician assistant/nurse practitioner | 12 (5.3) | 4 (3.1) | 4 (3.3) | 6 (5.0) |
| Registered nurse | 55 (24.1) | 25 (19.7) | 21 (17.4) | 24 (19.8) |
| Student | 7 (3.1) | 4 (3.1) | 5 (4.1) | 5 (4.1) |
| Technologist/technician | 2 (0.9) | 3 (2.4) | 3 (2.5) | 1 (0.8) |
| Missing | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 39 (17.1) | 25 (19.7) | 22 (18.5) | 24 (19.8) |
| Female | 186 (81.6) | 102 (80.3) | 96 (80.7) | 96 (79.3) |
| Missing | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) |
| Shift | ||||
| Days | 174 (76.3) | 104 (80.3) | 99 (83.2) | 99 (81.8) |
| Evenings | 2 (0.9) | 2 (1.6) | 2 (1.7) | 3 (2.5) |
| Nights | 16 (7.0) | 8 (6.3) | 3 (2.5) | 4 (3.3) |
| Variable shifts | 35 (15.4) | 13 (10.2) | 15 (12.6) | 15 (12.4) |
| Missing | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Years of experience total | ||||
| <1 year | 7 (3.1) | 2 (1.6) | 3 (2.5) | 1 (0.8) |
| 1–4 years | 17 (7.4) | 7 (5.5) | 10 (8.4) | 8 (6.6) |
| 5–10 years | 34 (14.9) | 22 (17.3) | 15 (12.6) | 17 (14.0) |
| 11–20 years | 56 (24.6) | 32 (25.2) | 30 (25.2) | 28 (23.1) |
| 21+ years | 110 (48.2) | 64 (50.0) | 61 (50.4) | 67 (55.4) |
| Missing | 4 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Years in current position | ||||
| <1 year | 30 (13.1) | 17 (13.4) | 16 (13.4) | 16 (13.2) |
| 1–4 years | 70 (30.7) | 43 (33.9) | 44 (37.0) | 38 (31.4) |
| 5–10 years | 56 (24.6) | 28 (22.0) | 23 (19.3) | 24 (19.8) |
| 11–20 years | 45 (19.7) | 20 (15.7) | 18 (15.1) | 24 (19.8) |
| 21+ years | 26 (11.4) | 19 (15.0) | 18 (15.1) | 19 (15.7) |
| Missing | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Scale reliabilities (Cronbach’s alpha) | ||||
| Emotional exhaustion† (5 items) | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.87 |
| Depression symptoms‡ (10 items) | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.84 | 0.81 |
| Subjective happiness§ (4 items) | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.88 |
| Work–life Balance¶ (7 items) | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.77 |
*This category includes the positions clinical social worker, clinical support (certified medical assistant, nurses aid, etc), dietician/nutritionist, occupational therapist, respiratory therapist and those who selected ‘other’.
†Emotional exhaustion was assessed with a 5-item derivative of the emotional exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
‡Depression symptoms were measured with the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.
§Subjective Happiness Scale was assessed with Lyubomirsky and Lepper’s Subjective Happiness Scale.
¶Work–life balance was assessed with the work–life climate scale. Higher scores reflect higher levels of each construct, with the exception of work–life balance, in which case lower numbers reflect healthier work–life balance.