Table 1.
Sample characteristics by survey cycle
| First survey cycle | Second survey cycle | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n (%) | 532 | (100%) | 301 | (100%) |
| Intention to quit the profession n (%) | ||||
| never/seldom/sometimes | 464 | (87.2%) | 240 | (79.7%) |
| often/very often | 68 | (12.8%) | 61 | (20.3%) |
| Pandemic-specific demands mean (sd) | 64.6 | (15.5) | 67.9 | (15.2) |
| General demands mean (sd) | 55.5 | (15.2) | 60.4 | (16.4) |
| Age groups n (%) | ||||
| <26 years | 48 | (9%) | 25 | (8%) |
| 26–35 years | 140 | (26%) | 82 | (27%) |
| 26–45 years | 196 | (37%) | 102 | (34%) |
| 46–55 years | 142 | (27%) | 89 | (30%) |
| >65 years | 6 | (1%) | 3 | (1%) |
| Gender n (%) | ||||
| male | 176 | (33%) | 94 | (31%) |
| female | 356 | (67%) | 207 | (69%) |
| Activity status in patient care n (%) | ||||
| active | 249 | (47%) | 110 | (36%) |
| not active | 283 | (53%) | 191 | (64%) |
| Organization type n (%) | ||||
| inpatient care facility | 106 | (20%) | 73 | (24%) |
| hospice | 16 | (3%) | 8 | (3%) |
| outpatient care service | 348 | (65%) | 197 | (65%) |
| outpatient hospice service | 25 | (5%) | 9 | (3%) |
| others | 37 | (7%) | 14 | (5%) |
| State n (%) | ||||
| Baden-Wuerttemberg | 53 | (10%) | 30 | (10%) |
| Bavaria | 73 | (14%) | 43 | (14%) |
| Berlin | 6 | (1%) | 7 | (2%) |
| Brandenburg | 15 | (3%) | 4 | (1%) |
| Bremen | 8 | (2%) | 3 | (1%) |
| Hamburg | 12 | (2%) | 12 | (4%) |
| Hesse | 92 | (17%) | 50 | (17%) |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 7 | (1%) | 3 | (1%) |
| Lower Saxony | 38 | (7%) | 21 | (7%) |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 109 | (20%) | 69 | (23%) |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 33 | (6%) | 18 | (6%) |
| Saarland | 6 | (1%) | 2 | (1%) |
| Saxony | 30 | (6%) | 17 | (6%) |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 13 | (2%) | 2 | (1%) |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 19 | (4%) | 10 | (3%) |
| Thuringia | 18 | (3%) | 10 | (3%) |
| Total number of patients in care mean (sd) | 116.0 | (250.0) | 135.0 | (261.9) |