Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of respondents by health care worker category.
| Variables | Nursing professionals (n=967) | Medical doctors (n=292) | Health associate professionals (n=246) | Health management and support personnel (n=168) | Health service provided not elsewhere classified (n=110) | All workers excluding nursing professionals (n=816) | |
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Junior | 718 (75.1) | 215 (73.9) | 152 (62.3) | 77 (46.7) | 43 (39.8) | 487 (60.2) |
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Senior | 238 (24.9) | 76 (26.1) | 92 (37.7)a | 88 (53.4)a | 65 (60.2)a | 321 (31.8)a |
| Sex (female) | 933 (96.5) | 122 (41.8)a | 114 (46.3)a | 103 (61.3)a | 84 (76.4)a | 423 (51.8)a | |
| Past psychiatric history | 90 (9.3) | 33 (11.3) | 18 (7.3) | 27 (16.2)b | 10 (9.2) | 88 (10.8) | |
| Marital status (married) | 396 (41.1) | 140 (48.1)c | 143 (58.6)a | 94 (56.3)a | 63 (57.3)d | 440 (54.2)a | |
| Years of employment | 10.1 (8.6) | 6.6 (7.4)a | 10.3 (11.0) | 11.5 (10.4) | 10.4 (9.4) | 9.2 (9.7) | |
aP<.001 compared to the nursing professionals group.
bP=.007 compared to the nursing professionals group.
cP=.035 compared to the nursing professionals group.
dP=.001 compared to the nursing professionals group.