Table 1.
Participant Characteristics, N = 190
| Characteristics | FL, N = 96 (%) | UW, N = 94 (%) | Total, N = 190 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (median, IQR) | 33 (30, 37) | 32 (28, 36) | 33 (29, 37) |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 69 (72) | 88 (94) | 157 (83) |
| Occupation | |||
| Nurse | 55 (57) | 61 (65) | 116 (61) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 64 (67) | 66 (70) | 130 (68) |
| Single/separated/divorced | 32 (33) | 28 (30) | 60 (32) |
| Specialty | |||
| Medical oncology | 44 (46) | 59 (63) | 103 (54) |
| Radiation oncology | 8 (8) | 33 (35) | 41 (23) |
| Surgery | 37 (39) | 2 (2) | 39 (20) |
| Othera | 7 (7) | 0 (0) | 7 (3) |
| How long have you been practicing? (yrs) | |||
| Less than one | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 4 (2) |
| One to five | 20 (21) | 19 (20) | 39 (20) |
| Six to 10 | 34 (35) | 36 (38) | 70 (37) |
| 11–15 | 23 (24) | 19 (20) | 42 (22) |
| More than 15 | 17 (18) | 18 (20) | 35 (19) |
| On average, for how many hours a week did you work in the past two months? | |||
| <10 | 10 (10) | 10 (10) | 20 (11) |
| 11–20 | 22 (23) | 6 (6) | 28 (15) |
| 21–40 | 46 (49) | 56 (60) | 102 (54) |
| 41–60 | 12 (12) | 18 (20) | 30 (16) |
| 61–80 | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 5 (2) |
| >80 | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 5 (2) |
| How often did you work on weekends for the past two months? | |||
| Never | 22 (23) | 28 (30) | 50 (26) |
| Every two weeks | 13 (14) | 20 (21) | 32 (17) |
| Every week (one day) | 43 (45) | 41 (44) | 84 (44) |
| Every week (two days) | 18 (19) | 5 (5) | 23 (13) |
| Number of personnel in the team; median (IQR) | |||
| Nurses | 31 (8, 48) | 15 (13, 17) | 16 (11, 40) |
| Physicians | 13 (10, 20) | 6 (5, 7) | 7 (5, 13) |
FL = frontline; UW = usual ward; IQR = interquartile range.
a
Includes both intensive care unit and Chinese medicine.