TABLE 1.
Comparison of nurses who did and did not contribute open‐ended responses: Demographic, trauma and substance use variablesa
| Variable | Overall |
Not‐Contributor (n (%)) |
Contributor (n (%)) |
p‐value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | n = 32 | n = 73 | ||
| Gender (n = 105) | 0.9 | |||
| Male | 3 (2.9) | 1 (3.1) | 2 (2.7) | |
| Female | 102 (97.1) | 31 (97.0) | 71 (97.0) | |
| Age (years), Mean (SD) (n = 103) | 34 (11.0) | 33 (10.4) | 35 (11.3) | 0.4 |
| Marital Status (n = 105) | 0.7 | |||
| Divorced | 3 (2.9) | 1 (3.1) | 2 (2.7) | |
| Living with someone as if married | 13 (12.4) | 2 (6.2) | 11 (15.0) | |
| Married | 48 (45.7) | 16 (50.0) | 32 (44.0) | |
| Never married | 39 (37.1) | 12 (38.0) | 27 (37.0) | |
| Widowed | 2 (1.9) | 1 (3.1) | 1 (1.4) | |
| Race/Ethnicity (n = 105) | 0.2 | |||
| African/Black American | 6 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (8.2) | |
| Asian American/Pacific Islander | 1 (1.0) | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Bi‐racial or multi‐racial | 4 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (5.5) | |
| Caucasian or White American | 87 (82.9) | 29 (91.0) | 58 (79.0) | |
| Hispanic American | 2 (1.9) | 1 (3.1) | 1 (1.4) | |
| Other | 4 (3.8) | 1 (3.1) | 3 (4.1) | |
|
Year Since Initial License, Mean (SD) (n = 101) |
11 (10.4) | 10 (10.5) | 12 (10.4) | 0.5 |
| Trauma Variables | ||||
| Life Events (n = 94) | n = 21 | n = 73 | 0.9 | |
| Does not apply | 3 (3.2) | 1 (4.8) | 2 (2.7) | |
| Happened to me | 18 (19.1) | 4 (19.0) | 14 (19.0) | |
| Part of my job | 69 (73.4) | 15 (71.0) | 54 (74.0) | |
| Witnessed it | 4 (4.3) | 1 (4.8) | 3 (4.1) | |
| Unknown | 11 (11.7) | 11 (52.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| ACE Score, Mean (SD) (n = 88) | 1.39 (1.8) | 0.35 (0.9) | 1.69 (1.9) | <0.001 |
| PTSD, Mean (SD) (n = 96) | 2.56 (1.5) | 2.17 (1.5) | 2.69 (1.5) | 0.11 |
| Substance Use Variables | ||||
| AUDIT, Mean (SD) (n = 86) | 4.5 (4.3) | 5.3 (4.5) | 4.3 (4.3) | 0.5 |
| DAST−10, Mean (SD) (n = 88) | 0.5 (0.8) | 0.8 (1.3) | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.2 |
ACE = adverse childhood experiences; AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; DAST‐10 = Drug Abuse Screening Test; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
a
Note: Includes nurses who contributed to any of the open‐ended items, except for participants 146, 152, 153 and 154 due to missing survey data. The qualitative data offered by these participants is included in the Findings section.