Table 1 Sample Characteristics
Characteristic | N | % | Hospitals by Region n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kaunas | Klaipeda | Panevėžys | Alytus | Marijampolė | Vilnius | Šiauliai | |||
Age, years | |||||||||
to 44 years | 349 | 33.1 | 30 (29.4) | 26 (26.8) | 85 (30.6) | 11 (12.8) | 15 (22.4) | 79 (51.0) | 103 (38.1) |
45 to 50 years | 374 | 35.5 | 38 (37.3) | 30 (30.9) | 100 (36.0) | 32 (37.2) | 32 (47.8) | 49 (31.6) | 93 (34.4) |
51 years and older | 332 | 31.5 | 34 (33.3) | 41 (42.3) | 93 (33.5) | 43 (50.0) | 20 (29.9) | 27 (17.4) | 74 (27.4) |
Educational preparation | |||||||||
Higher University Education | 115 | 10.9 | 15 (14.7) | 21 (21.6) | 24 (8.6) | 3 (3.5) | 6 (9.0) | 27 (17.4) | 19 (7.0) |
College | 940 | 89.1 | 87 (85.3) | 76 (78.4) | 254 (91.4) | 83 (96.5) | 61 (91.0) | 128 (82.6) | 251 (93.0) |
Department/ Unit | |||||||||
Surgery department | 344 | 32.6 | 27 (26.5) | 31 (32.0) | 79 (28.4) | 17 (19.8) | 24 (35.8) | 79 (51.0) | 87 (32.2) |
Intensive Care department | 195 | 18.5 | 14 (13.7) | 16 (16.5) | 53 (19.1) | 18 (20.9) | 8 (11.9) | 44 (28.4) | 42 (15.6) |
Internal Medicine | 516 | 48.9 | 61 (59.8) | 50 (51.5) | 146 (52.5) | 51 (59.3) | 35 (52.2) | 32 (20.6) | 141 (52.2) |
Shift | |||||||||
Morning | 209 | 19.8 | 21 (20.6) | 13 (13.4) | 61 (21.9) | 10 (11.6) | 9 (13.4) | 32 (20.6) | 63 (23.3) |
Night/Afternoon shift | 130 | 12.3 | 21 (20.6) | 0 (0) | 36 (12.9) | 6 (7.0) | 18 (26.9) | 9 (5.8) | 40 (14.8) |
Mixed (morning, afternoon, and night shift) | 716 | 67.9 | 60 (58.8) | 84 (86.6) | 181 (65.1) | 70 (81.4) | 40 (59.7) | 114 (73.5) | 167 (61.9) |
Years experience in nursing | |||||||||
0 to 5 | 114 | 10.8 | 16 (15.7) | 14 (14.4) | 25 (9) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.0) | 20 (12.9) | 37 (13.7) |
6 to 15 | 143 | 13.6 | 12 (11.8) | 7 (7.2) | 33 (11.9) | 3 (3.5) | 4 (6.0) | 38 (24.5) | 46 (17.0) |
16 to 25 | 273 | 25.9 | 25 (24.5) | 15 (15.5) | 75 (27.0) | 18 (20.9) | 19 (28.4) | 50 (32.3) | 71 (26.3) |
26 to 31 | 272 | 25.8 | 22 (21.3) | 24 (24.7) | 76 (27.3) | 31 (36.0) | 26 (38.8) | 33 (21.3) | 60 (22.2) |
> 31 | 253 | 24.0 | 27 (26.7) | 37 (38.1) | 69 (24.9) | 34 (39.5) | 16 (23.9) | 14 (9.0) | 56 (20.7) |