Table 3 Demographic characteristics for physicians’ group at baseline and for patient groups at baseline and follow-up
Time | Intervention departments | Control departments | Test for difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physicians | Age in years (M,SD) | T1 | 39.11; 7.6 | 40.65; 10.7 | (t = -0.49; df = 33); n.s. | |
Organizational tenure in years (M, SD) | T1 | 7.42; 4.68 | 8.14; 8.37 | (t = -0.33; df = 35); n.s. | ||
Gender, male (N,%) | T1 | 16 (84.2) | 10 (52.6) | (Chi 2 = 4.39; df = 1); p = .04* | ||
Position (%) | (1) | T1 | 6 (31.6) | 4 (23.5) | (Chi2 = 0.99; df = 1); n.s. | |
(2) | T1 | 7 (36.8) | 5 (29.4) | |||
(3) | T1 | 6 (31.6) | 8 (47.1) | |||
Inpatients | Age in years (M, SD) | T1 | 57.56; 17.23 | 63.71; 15.98 | (F = 2.52; df = 697); n.s. | |
T2 | 58.37; 17.82 | 64.24; 16.96 | (F = 1.35; df = 890); n.s. | |||
Length of hospital stay in days (M, SD) | T1 | 7.44; 7.90 | 6.86; 5.92 | (F = 0.06; df = 649); n.s. | ||
T2 | 6.48; 7.21 | 6.41; 5.79 | (F = 0.05; df = 851); n.s. | |||
Gender, male (N,%) | T1 | 194 (46.85) | 169 (58.48) | (Chi 2 = 8.73; df = 1); p < .01 | ||
T2 | 282 (46.53) | 137 (48.92) | (Chi2 = 0.06; df = 1); n.s. | |||