Table 1.

Participant characteristics by hospital and total number of participants

	Hospital 1 (N = 3042)		Hospital 2 (N = 2745)		P valuea	Total (n = 5788)
Participant characteristics	n	%	n	%		N	%
Age groups
18–29	728	24	632	23	0.717	1350	23
30–39	831	27	785	29		1617	28
40–49	793	26	722	26		1515	26
50–59	532	18	468	17		1001	17
Over 60	158	5.2	146	5.3		304	5.3
Sex
Female	2326	77	2152	78	0.117	4478	77
Male	716	24	592	22		1308	23
Missing	–	–	1	0.04		1	0.02
Ethnicity
Irish	2262	74	2182	80		4444	77
Any other white background	267	8.8	284	10	<0.001 <0.001	551	10
Any Asian background	393	13	184	7		577	10
Any African or black background	65	2.1	48	1.8		113	2.0
Other	55	1.8	46	1.7		101	1.8
Missing	–	–	1	0.04		1	0.02
Country of birtha
Ireland	2182	72	2091	76		4273	74
Country of birtha
UK	152	5.0	192	7.0		344	5.9
India	201	6.6	98	3.6		299	5.2
Philippines	166	5.5	25	0.9		191	3.3
Poland	24	0.8	48	1.8		72	1.2
USA	22	0.7	38	1.4		60	1.0
Other	295	9.7	253	9.2		548	9.5
Education
Primary	27	0.9	2	0.1	<0.001	29	0.5
Secondary	420	14	264	10		684	12
Third level	1300	43	1245	45		2545	44
Post-graduate	1295	43	1232	45		2527	44
Missing	–	–	2	0.1		2	0.03
Role
Admin	454	15	349	13	<0.001	803	14
Medical/dental	460	15	522	19		982	17
Nursing/midwifery	1045	34	1019	37		2064	36
Allied health	616	20	475	17		1012	19
General support	255	8.4	179	6.5		434	7.5
Health care assistant	157	5.2	129	4.7		286	4.9
Other	55	1.8	72	2.6		127	2.2
Lives with
Alone	256	8.4	223	8.1	0.020	479	8.3
Lives with
With others	2768	91.0	2518	91.7		5286	91.3
Missing	18	0.6	4	0.2		22	0.4
Lives with HCW
Yes	928	31	839	31	0.983	1767	31
Lives with HCW
No	2060	68	1859	68		3919	68
Missing	54	1.8	47	1.7		101	1.8

^aCalculated using the χ² test.