Table 2.
Characteristics of nursing staff (N = 3693) and nursing homes (N = 100)
| Variables | Response values | n (%)* | Median (range) | Missing, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual (staff) | ||||
| Sex | Female | 3362 (91.0) | 19 (0.5) | |
| Male | 312 (8.5) | |||
| Age | Years | 41 (16–75) | 236 (6.4) | |
| Professional occupation | Nursing assistant | 1023 (27.7) | 47 (1.3) | |
| Licensed practical nurse | 1553 (42.1) | |||
| Registered nurse/social educator | 1070 (28.9) | |||
| Continuous health education | No | 2433 (65.9) | ||
| Yes | 1076 (29.1) | 184 (5.0) | ||
| Overall health | Very good | 1293 (35.0) | 21 (0.6) | |
| Good | 1923 (52.1) | |||
| Neither good nor bad | 405 (11.0) | |||
| Bad | 48 (1.3) | |||
| Very bad | 3 (0.08) | |||
| Exhaustion | No | 2692 (72.9) | 40 (1.1) | |
| Yes | 961 (26.0) | |||
| Psychological distress | No psychological distress | 2939 (79.6) | 191 (5.2) | |
| Psychological distress | 563 (15.2) | |||
| Quality of childhood | Very good | 1814 (49.1) | 34 (0.9) | |
| Good | 1264 (34.2) | |||
| Average | 386 (10.5) | |||
| Difficult | 155 (4.2) | |||
| Very difficult | 40 (1.1) | |||
| Job satisfaction | Very satisfied | 1659 (44.9) | 18 (0.5) | |
| Satisfied | 1583 (42.9) | |||
| Neither/nor | 360 (9.7) | |||
| Unsatisfied | 62 (1.7) | |||
| Very unsatisfied | 11 (0.3) | |||
| Intention to leave the job | No | 2409 (65.2) | 64 (1.7) | |
| Yes | 1220 (33.0) | |||
| Attitudes | Higher score = more positive attitudes** | 28 (8–40) | 264 (7.2) | |
| Relational | ||||
| Resident aggression | Higher score = less aggression | 4.2 (1–5) | 107 (2.9) | |
| Dichotomised:**, *** | ||||
| - High aggression (median 1.0–4.2) | 1866 (50.5) | |||
| - Less aggression (median 4.3–5.0) | 1720 (46.6) | |||
| Care-related conflicts | Higher score = less conflicts | 4.0 (1–5) | 129 (3.5) | |
| Dichotomized:**, *** | ||||
| - High conflicts (median 1.0–3.9) | 1633 (44.2) | |||
| - Few conflicts (median 4.0–5.0) | 1931 (52.3) | |||
| Institutional | ||||
| Quantitative job demands | Higher score = more demands*** | 2.7 (1–5) | 0 | |
| Support from manager | Higher score = more support***, **** | 4.0 (1–5) | 0 | |
| Support from co-workers | Higher score = more support***, **** | 4.0 (1–5) | 0 | |
| Facility size | Number of beds | 38.5 (8–161) | 0 | |
| Location of municipalities | Urban (levels 1–2) | 31 (31.0) | ||
| Suburban (levels 3–4) | 42 (42.0) | 0 | ||
| Rural (levels 5–6) | 27 (27.0) | |||
*due to rounding errors, not all numbers add up to 100%
**variable dichotomized due to non-linearity
***scale/score reversed in regression analysis
****median score aggregated from individual to nursing home level