Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of participants
| Participated at | Medium-cycle higher education | Long-cycle higher education | Total |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Baseline | 633 (78) | 176 (22) | 809* (66)† |
| First follow-up | 553 (76) | 171 (24) | 724‡ (67)† |
| Second follow-up | 472 (80) | 117 (20) | 589§ (67)† |
| Stable¶ | 329 (81) | 75 (19) | 404 |
| Age (n=809) | |||
| <26 | 13 (2) | 0 (0) | 13 (1.6) |
| 26–36 | 178 (28) | 36 (21) | 214 (27) |
| 36–46 | 205 (32) | 72 (41) | 277 (34) |
| 46–56 | 145 (23) | 37 (21) | 182 (23) |
| >56 | 92 (15) | 31 (18) | 123 (15) |
| Sex (n=809) | |||
| Female | 614 (97) | 95 (54) | 709 (88) |
| Male | 19 (3) | 81 (46) | 100 (12) |
| Profession (n=809) | |||
| Nurses | 559 (88) | 0 (0) | 559 (69) |
| Midwives | 47 (7) | 0 (0) | 47 (6) |
| Radiographers | 27 (4) | 0 (0) | 27 (3) |
| Doctor | 0 (0) | 176 (100) | 176 (22) |
| Time employed in department (n=809) | |||
| <5 years | 278 (44) | 106 (60) | 384 (47) |
| >5 years | 355 (56) | 70 (40) | 425 (53) |
*A total of 1230 employees were invited to participate at baseline.
†Response rate.
‡A total of 1084 employees were invited to participate at the first follow-up.
§A total of 882 employees were invited to participate at the second follow-up.
¶Respondents who replied to all three questionnaires.