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Table 2 Sample characteristics – Stage 4

From: A new scale assessing the stressors and rewards of children’s hospice work

 

Total

(N = 414)

Hospice Type

 Children part of an organisation

116 (33.3%)

 Connected to adult hospice

127 (36.5%)

 Standalone Children

105 (30.2%)

 missing

66

Gender

 Female

396 (95.7%)

Age

 21–30

68 (16.4%)

 31–40

98 (23.7%)

 41–50

116 (28.0%)

 51–65

127 (30.7%)

 66 + 

5 (1.2%)

Professional

 Medical and Nursing

232(56.0%)

 Other

182(44.0%)

Years of experience working with life-limiting conditions

 Less than 1 year

22 (5.3%)

 1–2 years

45 (10.9%)

 3–5 years

69 (16.7%)

 6–10 years

81 (19.6%)

 11–15 years

73 (17.6%)

 More than 15 years

124 (30.0%)

Full or part time

 Full time

259 (62.6%)

 Part time

155 (37.4%)

WRS-CH Raw score

 M(SD)

60.5 (11.2)

 Range

4.0—72.0

missing

39

WRS-CH Scaled score

 M(SD)

78.4 (15.7)

 Range

18.6—100.0

missing

39

WSS-CH Raw score

 M(SD)

50.7 (25.6)

 Range

0.0—123.0

 missing

104

WSS-CH Scaled score

 M(SD)

56.3 (9.5)

 Range

0.0—100.0

missing

104

Working scheme during COVID

 Going into work as normal

220 (58.5%)

 Working from home

63 (16.8%)

 Mix of home / normal workplace

74 (19.7%)

 At home on furlough pay

19 (5.1%)

missing

38