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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics for Individual and Unit-Level Variables by Specialty

From: Assessment of variation in the alberta context tool: the contribution of unit level contextual factors and specialty in Canadian pediatric acute care settings

Variables

Overall

Surgical

Medical

Critical Care

P-value1

Individual level variables, N

844

199

329

316

 

Employment Status (N, %)

     

   Full-time

517 (61.8%)

120 (60.3%)

199 (60.5%)

198 (62.7%)

0.977

   Part-time

295 (35.0%)

71 (35.7%)

117 (35.6%)

107 (33.9%)

 

   Casual

32 (3.8%)

8 (4.0%)

13 (4.0%)

11 (3.5%)

 

Education (N, %)

     

   Diploma

305 (36.3%)

79 (39.9%)

102 (31.0%)

124 (39.6%)

0.029

   Bachelor

522 (62.1%)

118 (59.6%)

218 (66.3%)

186 (59.4%)

 

   Masters or Higher

13 (1.5%)

1 (0.5%)

9 (2.7%)

3 (1.0%)

 

Age (N, %)

     

   20-24 YEARS

84 (10.0%)

25 (12.6%)

40 (12.2%)

19 (6.0%)

0.000

   25-29 YEARS

239 (28.3%)

60 (30.2%)

115 (35.0%)

64 (20.3%)

 

   30-34 YEARS

143 (16.9%)

28 (14.1%)

56 (17.0%)

59 (18.7%)

 

   35-39 YEARS

89 (10.5%)

22 (11.1%)

36 (10.9%)

31 (9.8%)

 

   40-44 YEARS

82 (9.7%)

15 (7.5%)

31 (9.4%)

36 (11.4%)

 

   45-49 YEARS

83 (9.8%)

12 (6.0%)

25 (7.6%)

46 (14.6%)

 

   50-54 YEARS

75 (8.9%)

22 (11.1%)

16 (4.9%)

37 (11.6%)

 

   55-59 YEARS

42 (5.0%)

14 (7.0%)

6 (1.8%)

22 (7.0%)

 

   60-64 YEARS

6 (0.7%)

1 (0.5%)

4 (1.2%)

1 (0.3%)

 

MBI-Exhaustion (Mean, STD)

2.287 (1.249)

2.401 (1.308)

3.859 (0.853)

3.839 (0.813)

0.332

Adequate Orientation (Mean, STD)

3.953 (0.756)

2.240 (1.208)

3.961 (0.734)

3.939 (0.734)

0.107

Job Satisfaction (Mean, STD)

3.910 (0.774)

2.287 (1.249)

3.953 (0.756)

3.924 (0.789)

0.327

Unit level variables, N

32

8

14

10

 

MBI-Cynicism (Mean, STD)

2.230 (0.687)

2.292 (0.718)

2.095 (0.712)

2.371 (0.664)

0.612

MBI-Efficacy (Mean, STD)

3.825 (0.711)

3.820 (0.693)

3.845 (0.824)

3.802 (0.618)

0.990

Years on Unit (Mean, STD)

7.734 (2.900)

7.108 (2.734)

6.425 (2.183)

10.068 (2.683)

0.004

French/Anglophone (N, %)

     

   French

4 (12.5%)

1 (12.5%)

2 (14.3%)

1 (10.0%)

0.952

   English

28 (87.5%)

7 (87.5%)

12 (85.7%)

9 (90.0%)

 

# of occupied unit beds (Mean, STD)

20.043 (10.069)

21.675 (4.862)

20.756 (10.037)

17.741 (13.279)

0.684

Support for innovative ideas

(Mean, STD)

3.290 (0.288)

3.290 (0.281)

3.389 (0.197)

3.152 (0.363)

0.138

Proportion of baccalaureate or higher (Mean, STD)

71.666 (14.324)

68.913 (14.075)

77.282 (15.345)

66.007 (11.007)

0.134

  1. 1 P-value for ANOVA or χ2 -test (by specialty)