Table 1.
Health and lifestyle characteristics of nursing staff.
| Variable | Emergency Department Mean (SD) |
Intensive Care Unit Mean (SD) |
General Ward Mean (SD) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 1 (4%) | 1 (2.1%) | 0 (0%) |
| Female | 24 (96%) | 45 (97.9%) | 46 (100%) | |
| Pregnancy history (female only) | No | 18 (75%) | 32 (71.1%) | 32 (69.6%) |
| Yes | 6 (25%) | 13 (28.9%) | 14 (30.4%) | |
| Age | 30.7 (3.4) | 31.2 (4.5) | 30.8 (4.1) | |
| Height | 162.5 (5.0) | 160 (4.6) | 160.7 (5.4) | |
| Weight | 60.2 (9.4) | 59.1 (13.5) | 60.9 (12.4) | |
| Frequency of exercise | Rarely | 10 (40) | 16 (34.8) | 21 (45.7) |
| Sometimes | 12 (48) | 23 (50) | 25 (54.3) | |
| At least once a week | 3 (12) | 7 (15.2) | 0 (0) | |
| Tobacco use | Yes | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.1%) | 0 (0%) |
| No | 25 (100%) | 45 (97.9%) | 46 (100%) | |
| Dominant hand | Left | 0 (0%) | 2 (4.2%) | 2 (4.3%) |
| Right | 25 (10%0) | 44 (95.8%) | 44 (95.7%) |