Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants at baseline T0 (N=116)
| Characteristics | n | % |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 82 | 70.7 |
| Female | 34 | 29.3 |
| Age | ||
| 20–24 years | 4 | 3.4 |
| 25–29 years | 16 | 13.8 |
| 30–34 years | 19 | 16.4 |
| 35–39 years | 25 | 21.6 |
| 40–44 years | 15 | 12.9 |
| 45–49 years | 17 | 14.7 |
| 50–54 years | 19 | 16.4 |
| ≥55 years | 1 | 0.9 |
| Rank | ||
| Intermediate police service | 40 | 34.5 |
| Upper police service | 76 | 65.5 |
| Shift work experience | ||
| ≤5 years | 21 | 18.1 |
| 5–10 years | 18 | 15.5 |
| ≥10 years | 77 | 66.4 |
| Type of employment | ||
| Part-time | 12 | 10.3 |
| Fulltime | 104 | 89.7 |
| Type of duty service* | ||
| Exclusively office duty | 22 | 19.0 |
| Predominantly office duty | 8 | 6.9 |
| Office and patrol duty (50:50) | 7 | 6.0 |
| Predominantly patrol duty | 79 | 68.1 |
| Permanent relationship | ||
| Yes | 97 | 83.6 |
| No | 18 | 15.5 |
| No information given | 1 | 0.9 |
| Children | ||
| None | 46 | 39.7 |
| One child | 20 | 17.2 |
| Two children | 35 | 30.2 |
| Three children | 12 | 10.3 |
| Four children | 3 | 2.6 |
| Single parent | ||
| Yes | 2 | 1.7 |
| No | 100 | 86.2 |
| No information given | 14 | 12.1 |
| Caring for relatives/others | ||
| Yes | 3 | 2.6 |
| No | 113 | 97.4 |
| Time working with the new shift schedule | ||
| ≤24 months | 4 | 4.1 |
| 25–48 months | 31 | 26.7 |
| ≥49 months | 63 | 54.3 |
| No information | 18 | 15.5 |
*Refers to type of service exercised in the last 4 weeks prior to taking the survey.