Table 1.
Characteristics of the participating nurses
| Variables | All (n = 20,996) n (%) |
Clinical nurses (n = 17,152) n (%) |
Nurse practitioners (n = 1438) n (%) |
Head nurses (n = 2406) n (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||||
| < 26 | 4093 (20.4) | 4062 (24.8) | 15 (1.1) | 16 (0.7) | < 0.001* |
| 26–35 | 9107 (45.5) | 7832 (47.9) | 542 (39.6) | 733 (31.8) | |
| 36–45 | 5089 (25.4) | 3328 (20.4) | 704 (51.5) | 1057 (45.9) | |
| 46–55 | 1586 (7.9) | 1017 (6.2) | 102 (7.5) | 467 (20.3) | |
| > 55 | 143 (0.7) | 108 (0.7) | 4 (0.3) | 31 (1.3) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 412 (2.0) | 311 (1.9) | 65 (4.7) | 36 (1.6) | < 0.001* |
| Female | 19,883 (98.0) | 16,279 (98.1) | 1320 (95.3) | 2284 (98.4) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||
| < 18.5 | 2124 (11.9) | 1894 (12.9) | 91 (7.6) | 139 (6.8) | < 0.001* |
| 18.5–23.9 | 11,077 (62.0) | 9058 (61.9) | 792 (65.7) | 1227 (60.2) | |
| > 24 | 4678 (26.2) | 3684 (25.2) | 322 (26.7) | 672 (33.0) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Never married | 10,796 (54.8) | 9672 (60.1) | 437 (32.3) | 687 (30.3) | < 0.001* |
| Married | 8390 (42.6) | 6048 (37.6) | 846 (62.6) | 1496 (66.0) | |
| Divorced or widowed | 516 (2.6) | 365 (2.3) | 68 (5.0) | 83 (3.7) | |
| Work experience (years) | |||||
| < 5 | 6719 (35.5) | 6286 (40.9) | 303 (23.1) | 130 (5.7) | < 0.001* |
| 5–9 | 328 (1.7) | 240 (1.6) | 24 (1.8) | 64 (2.8) | |
| 10–14 | 3045 (16.1) | 2206 (14.4) | 284 (21.7) | 555 (24.5) | |
| > 15 | 8852 (46.7) | 6639 (43.2) | 698 (53.3) | 1515 (66.9) | |
| Work unit | |||||
| OPD | 2584 (12.3) | 2384 (13.9) | 31 (2.2) | 169 (7.0) | < 0.001* |
| ER/ICU | 4736 (22.6) | 3929 (22.9) | 269 (18.7) | 538 (22.4) | |
| General ward | 8955 (42.7) | 7174 (41.8) | 692 (48.1) | 1089 (45.3) | |
| OR/DR | 2428 (11.6) | 2114 (12.3) | 69 (4.8) | 245 (10.2) | |
| Multiple units | 2293 (10.9) | 1551 (9.0) | 377 (26.2) | 365 (15.2) | |
| Weekly work hours | |||||
| ≤ 40 | 5260 (28.4) | 4538 (30.1) | 238 (18.9) | 484 (22.5) | < 0.001* |
| 41–49 | 8060 (43.6) | 6622 (43.9) | 590 (46.9) | 848 (39.5) | |
| > 50 | 5184 (28.0) | 3938 (26.1) | 431 (34.2) | 815 (38.0) | |
| Family-care needs | 9889 (47.1) | 8500 (49.6) | 507 (35.3) | 882 (36.7) | < 0.001* |
| Any of the following | 1856 (9.5) | 1358 (8.5) | 163 (12.2) | 335 (14.8) | < 0.001* |
| Hyperlipidemia | 898 (4.6) | 674 (4.2) | 77 (5.8) | 147 (6.5) | < 0.001* |
| Hyperglycemia | 541 (2.8) | 429 (2.7) | 36 (2.7) | 76 (3.3) | 0.192 |
| Hypertension | 931 (4.8) | 644 (4.0) | 92 (6.9) | 195 (8.6) | < 0.001* |
BMI body mass index, DR delivery room, ER emergency room, ICU intensive care unit, OPD outpatient clinic, OR operating room
Multiple units indicated that participants worked in more than one of the listed units
Percentages were calculated based on the total number of non-missing cases