Table 1.

Respondent demographics of gratitude letter–writing participants (N=1575).

Demographics		Participants, n (%)
Health care worker role
	Other	334 (21.21)
	Attending or staff physician	266 (16.89)
	Fellow physician	6 (0.38)
	Resident physician	6 (0.38)
	Physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist	58 (3.68)
	Nurse manager or charge nurse	175 (11.11)
	Registered nurse (including certified registered nurse anesthetists)	167 (10.60)
	Pharmacist	138 (8.76)
	Therapist (respiratory therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy)	5 (0.32)
	Clinical social worker	15 (0.95)
	Dietician or nutritionist	5 (0.32)
	Clinical support (certified medical assistant, emergency medical technician, nurse aide, etc)	12 (0.76)
	Technologist	8 (0.51)
	Technician (eg, surgery, laboratory, radiology)	11 (0.70)
	Admin support (clerk, secretary, receptionist)	23 (1.46)
	Other manager (eg, clinic manager)	260 (16.51)
	Missing	86 (5.46)
Gender
	Male	398 (25.30)
	Female	1100 (69.84)
	Missing	77 (4.89)
Race and ethnicity
	American Indian or Alaska Native	3 (0.19)
	Asian	72 (4.57)
	Black or African American	116 (7.40)
	Hispanic or Latino	88 (5.6)
	Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	4 (0.25)
	White	1165 (73.84)
	Other	40 (2.54)
	Missing	87 (5.52)