Table 1 Characteristics of the sample | Characteristic | Category | Respondents (%) |
| Hospital type | University hospital | 159 (8.4) |
| Teaching hospital | 925 (49.0) |
| General hospital | 805 (42.6) |
| Missing | 0 |
| Occupation | Registered nurse | 1174 (62.7) |
| Resident nurse | 50 (2.7) |
| Clerk/secretary | 65 (3.5) |
| Resident physician | 69 (3.7) |
| Medical specialist | 109 (5.8) |
| Management (unit) | 58 (3.1) |
| Other | 346 (18.3) |
| Missing | 18 |
| Years at unit | <1 | 221 (11.7) |
| 1–5 | 778 (41.2) |
| 6–10 | 377 (20.0) |
| 11–15 | 204 (10.8) |
| 16–20 | 154 (8.2) |
| >20 | 140 (7.4) |
| Missing | 15 |
| Hours a week | <20 | 186 (9.8) |
| 20–39 | 1481 (78.4) |
| 40–59 | 163 (8.6) |
| >59 | 43 (2.3) |
| Missing | 16 |