Table 1.

Characteristics of study subjects

		Total n= 560	100%	% of FTE (n= 2051) 27.3%
Job description	Clerical/administration	68	12.1	28
	Porterage/cleaning	38	6.8	59
	Laundry	5	0.9	41
	Kitchen	15	2.7	21
	Allied health	24	4.3	24
	Pathology	26	4.6	26
	Nursing staff	245	43.8	24
	Medical staff	101	18.0	26
	Medical imaging	17	3.0	37
	Pharmacy	18	3.2	54
	Missing	3	0.5
Age (years)	<21	5	0.9
	21–30	162	28.9
	31–40	151	27.0
	41–50	139	24.8
	51–60	83	14.8
	>60	16	2.9
	Missing	4	0.7
Sex	Male	155	27.7
	Female	363	64.8
	Missing	42	7.5
Employment status	Full‐time	489	87.3
	Part‐time	64	11.4
	Missing	7	1.3
Dependants	Yes	316	56.4
	No	239	42.7
	Missing	5	0.9
Pregnancy in family	No	542	96.8
	Yes	14	2.5
	Missing	4	0.7
Required in the ED for work	Yes	280	50
	No	273	48.8
	Missing	7	1.3
Working with acute medical patients	Yes	427	76.3
	No	127	22.7
	Missing	6	1.1
Mean (±SD) duration of employment in years		11.03	9.42

FTE, full‐time equivalent.