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Table 2 Description of the sample in the WorkSafeMed study (N = 995)

From: Comparing perceived psychosocial working conditions of nurses and physicians in two university hospitals in Germany with other German professionals - feasibility of scale conversion between two versions of the German Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ)

Profession

Variable

Categories

n (%)

Nurses

n = 567

Gender

female

male

missing values

470 (82.9%)

87 (15.3%)

10 (1.8%)

Supervisor function

yes

no

missing values

71 (12.5%)

491 (86.6%)

5 (0.9%)

Direct patient contact

yes

no

565 (99.6%)

2 (0.4%)

Age (in years)

≤30

31–49

≥50

193 (34.0%)

197 (34.7%)

177 (31.2%)

Work experience (in years)

0–10

11–20

≥21

224 (39.5%)

135 (23.8%)

208 (36.7%)

Work experience in the hospital (in years)

0–10

11–20

≥21

missing values

250 (44.1%)

115 (20.3%)

201 (35.4%)

1 (0.2%)

Physicians

n = 381

Gender

female

male

missing values

167 (43.8%)

202 (53.0%)

12 (3.1%)

Supervisor function

yes

no

missing values

123 (32.3%)

247 (64.8%)

11 (2.9%)

Direct patient contact

yes

no

missing value

377 (99.0%)

3 (0.8%)

1 (0.3%)

Age (in years)

≤30

31–49

≥50

109 (28.6%)

214 (56.2%)

58 (15.2%)

Work experience (in years)

0–10

11–20

≥21

253 (66.4%)

80 (21.0%)

48 (12.6%)

Work experience in the hospital (in years)

0–10

11–20

≥21

261 (68.5%)

41 (10.8%)

79 (20.7%)