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. 2019 Aug 5;19:547. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4347-z

Table 1.

Characteristics of survey and interview participants

Survey participants Interview participants
Participant characteristics Frequency (N = 165) Mean SD +/− % of sample Frequency (N = 27) % of sample
Gender 148 90 27 100
 Female 132 80 24 89
 Male 16 10 3 11
Age 123 47 12 75 27 100
  < 29 11 7 2 7
 30–39 27 16 2 7
 40–49 23 14 8 30
 50–59 50 30 9 33
  > 60 12 7 6 22
Staff profession 155 94 27 100
 Director of Nursing 6 22
 Licensed Nurse / Geriatric Nurse 85 52 15 56
 Nursing Aid / Nursing Assistant 65 39
 Nursing Students 5 3
 Hygiene Specialist (nursing background) 4 15
 Hygiene Specialist (other professional backgrounds) 2 7
Shift 149 90 27 100
 Day 104 63 27 100
 Night 6 4 -
 Day and Night 39 24 -
Job tenure in the institution (years) 128 10 7 78 27 100
  < 5 46 28 4 15
 6–10 25 16 4 15
 11–15 26 16 8 30
 16–20 18 11 6 22
 21–25 11 7 5 19
  > 25 1 1

An overview of responses to the staff survey is given in Table 2 as well as in Figs. 1 and 2.