Table 2.
Work‐related characteristics by total sample and care delivery to patients with COVID‐19
| Study variables | Total N (%) | Cared for COVID−19 patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yes (n = 277) n (%) |
No (n = 129) n (%) |
ꭕ 2 | p | ||
| Years of experience † (n = 413) | 1.94 | .584 | |||
| ≤2 | 60 (14.53) | 37 (13.55) | 23 (17.83) | ||
| 3–8 | 163 (39.47) | 113 (41.39) | 47 (36.43) | ||
| 9–14 | 71 (17.19) | 47 (17.22) | 20 (15.50) | ||
| ≥15 | 119 (28.81) | 76 (27.84) | 39 (30.23) | ||
| Work status (n = 413) | 12.42 | <.001 | |||
| Full time | 354 (85.71) | 249 (89.89) | 99 (76.74) | ||
| Part time | 59 (14.29) | 28 (10.11) | 30 (23.26) | ||
| Second job † (n = 409) | 4.30 | .038 | |||
| Yes | 74 (18.09) | 58 (21.09) | 16 (12.50) | ||
| No | 335 (81.91) | 217 (78.91) | 112 (87.50) | ||
| Unit of practice (n = 408) | 21.53 | <.001 | |||
| Emergency department | 46 (11.27) | 44 (15.88) | 2 (1.55) | ||
| Intensive care unit | 117 (28.68) | 85 (30.69) | 32 (24.81) | ||
| Medical surgical unit | 113 (27.70) | 74 (26.71) | 39 (30.23) | ||
| Specialty areas | 113 (27.70) | 66 (23.83) | 45 (34.88) | ||
| Labour and delivery | 19 (4.66) | 8 (2.89) | 11 (8.53) | ||
| Shift length (n = 415) | .005 * | ||||
| Extended shifts (≥10 h) | 352 (84.82) | 244 (88.73) | 99 (76.74) | ||
| Traditional shifts (8–9 h) | 56 (13.49) | 28 (10.18) | 26 (20.16) | ||
| Others | 7 (1.69) | 3 (1.09) | 4 (3.10) | ||
| Shift type (n = 417) | .248* | ||||
| Day | 221 (53.00) | 139 (50.18) | 74 (57.36) | ||
| Evening | 13 (3.12) | 11 (3.97) | 2 (1.55) | ||
| Night | 142 (34.05) | 102 (36.82) | 37 (28.68) | ||
| Rotating | 35 (8.39) | 21 (7.58) | 14 (10.85) | ||
| Others, unspecified | 6 (1.44) | 4 (1.44) | 2 (1.55) | ||
| Avg. work h/week † (n = 403) | 11.11 | .001 | |||
| ≤40 h | 270 (67.00) | 168 (61.54) | 101 (78.29) | ||
| >40 h | 133 (33.00) | 105 (38.46) | 28 (21.71) | ||
| 30‐min. breaks † (n = 406) | 9.48 | .009 | |||
| Rarely or never | 124 (30.54) | 93 (33.70) | 31 (24.03) | ||
| Sometimes | 106 (26.11) | 78 (28.26) | 28 (21.71) | ||
| Often or always | 176 (43.35) | 105 (38.04) | 70 (54.26) | ||
Group comparisons are based on the subsample ‘cared for COVID‐19 patients’ (n = 406).
†
Indicates missing observations in the subsample. The variables years of experience had 4 missing, second job had 3 missing, avg. work hours/week had 4 missing and 30‐min breaks had 1 missing observations.
*
Indicates Fisher's exact test otherwise it is a chi‐squared statistics. Sig. is set at .05 level.