Table 2.
Characteristics of the study population at the end of the observation period (2016), by shift schedule.
| All Sample | Shift Schedule | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Shift Only | Day/Evening Shift | Day/Evening/Night Shift | |||
| No. of individuals | 1679 | 196 | 383 | 1100 | - |
| FTE/years | 1198.2 | 130.3 | 255.4 | 812.4 | - |
| Age ^ | 45.3 (35.7; 52.8) | 49.9 (46.2; 55.2) | 51.0 (43.9; 56.2) | 41.3 (32.4; 49.7) | <0.0001 |
| Women, n (%) | 1366 (81.4) | 182 (92.9) | 345 (90.1) | 839 (76.3) | <0.0001 |
| Working hours, n (%) | |||||
| Full time | 1372 (81.7) | 128 (65.3) | 278 (72.6) | 966 (87.8) | <0.0001 |
| Part time | 307 (18.3) | 68 (34.7) | 105 (27.4) | 134 (12.2) | |
| Hospital wards, n (%) | |||||
| ED-IC | 427 (25.4) | 27 (13.8) | 66 (17.2) | 334 (30.4) | <0.0001 |
| Medical ward | 772 (46.0) | 114 (58.2) | 188 (49.1) | 470 (42.7) | |
| Surgical ward | 480 (28.6) | 55 (28.1) | 129 (33.7) | 296 (26.9) | |
| Job category, n (%) | |||||
| Nurses | 1213 (72.3) | 151 (77.0) | 190 (49.6) | 872 (79.3) | <0.0001 |
| Nurse assistants | 466 (27.7) | 45 (23.0) | 193 (50.4) | 228 (20.7) | |
FTE: Full-Time Equivalent, computed considering 36 h/week and from the total amount of working hours during the year 2016. ^: Median (25–75° Percentiles). Abbreviations: ED-IC = Emergency Department and Intensive Care.