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. 2019 Nov 12;8:173. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0625-0

Table 1.

Population characteristics

Total (58 HCFs) University hospitals/Cancer centres (n = 9) Non-university hospitals (n = 10) Small, rehabilitation, nursing hospitals (n = 29) Private clinics (n = 10)
Participants n (%)
 - Total 8716 (100) 4015 (46) 2187 (25) 1885 (22) 629 (7)
 - Medical 1291 (15) 818 (20) 285 (13) 99 (5) 89 (14)
 - Non-medical 7425 (85) 3197 (80) 1902 (87) 1786 (95) 540 (86)
Male gender n (%)
 - Total 1499 (17) 771 (19) 371 (17) 219 (12) 138 (22)
 - Medical 637 (50) 375 (47) 143 (51) 54 (56) 65 (75)
 - Non-medical 862 (12) 396 (12) 228 (12) 165 (9) 73 (14)
Age median (Q1;Q3)
 - Total 37 (28; 48) 34 (27; 46) 39 (30; 47) 40 (29; 50) 39 (30; 51)
 - Medical 33 (27; 47) 29 (25; 38) 41 (30; 50) 52 (42; 60) 54 (41; 61)
 - Non-medical 37 (28; 48) 35 (28; 47) 39 (30; 47) 39 (29; 49) 37 (29; 50)
Professional status n (%)
 - Senior physician 787 (9) 395 (10) 213 (10) 93 (5) 86 (14)
 - Junior doctor 332 (4) 271 (7) 57 (3) 2 (0) 2 (0)
 - Medical student 165 (2) 149 (4) 12 (1) 3 (0) 1 (0)
 - Nurse 2842 (34) 1468 (37) 751 (35) 352 (20) 271 (44)
 - Nurse aide 2231 (26) 800 (20) 674 (31) 641 (36) 116 (19)
 - Hospital service agent 707 (8) 208 (5) 123 (6) 322 (19) 54 (9)
 - Medical-technical agent 506 (6) 245 (6) 93 (4) 157 (9) 11 (2)
 - Non-medical student 407 (5) 178 (5) 105 (5) 93 (5) 31 (5)
 - Other 487 (6) 233 (6) 111 (5) 103 (6) 40 (7)
Job tenure (median (Q1; Q3))
 - Total 10 (4; 20) 8 (3; 20) 11 (5; 20) 10 (4; 20) 12 (5; 26)
 - Medical 6 (2; 19) 4 (2; 11) 12 (3; 20) 24 (10; 30) 26 (13; 32)
 - Non-medical 10 (4; 20) 10 (4; 20) 11 (5; 20) 10 (4; 18) 10 (4; 22)
Working unit n (%)
 - Medicine 2742 (33) 1720 (45) 790 (38) 104 (6) 128 (21)
 - Intensive care unit 776 (9) 535 (14) 175 (8) 0 (0) 66 (11)
 - Emergency 395 (5) 245 (6) 139 (7) 2 (0) 9 (2)
 - Rehabilitation, long-term care 2491 (30) 227 (6) 522 (25) 1687 (92) 55 (9)
 - Surgery 1610 (19) 923 (24) 366 (17) 0 (0) 321 (53)
 - Gynaecology-Obstetrics 123 (1) 66 (2) 47 (2) 1 (0) 9 (1)
 - Psychiatry 96 (1) 58 (1) 23 (1) 15 (1) 0 (0)
 - Other 158 (2) 84 (2) 45 (2) 14 (1) 15 (2)

Q1: 25th percentile; Q3: 75th percentile