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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Participating Healthcare Workers (HCWs)

From: "Will they just pack up and leave?" – attitudes and intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemic

Hospital

 

Characteristic

No. (%) of HCWs

(n = 1079)

   General

520 (48.1)

   Pediatric

559 (51.8)

Occupational cohort (three largest categories)

 

Nursing*

512 (47.5)

   Registered Nurse

318

   Clinical Nurse Supervisor

67

   Nurse Unit Manager

27

Medical*

281 (26.0)

   Staff Specialist

76

   Registrar

64

   Medical Student

65

Allied health*

165 (15.3)

   Physiotherapist

36

   Occupational Therapist

22

   Social Work

11

Ancillary/hospital support*

121 (11.2)

   Administration

72

   Domestic Services

22

   Catering

20

Sex

 

   Female

807 (74.8)

   Male

245 (22.7)

   Not specified

27 (2.50)

Home/living arrangements

 

   Live alone

108 (10.0)

   Live in shared accommodation

267 (24.7)

   Live with partner/spouse

132 (12.2)

   Live with partner/spouse and children

446 (41.3)

   Other

98 (9.10)

   Not specified

28 (2.60)

Age group (years)

 

   18–30

338 (31.3)

   31–40

280 (25.9)

   41–50

247 (22.9)

   51+

186 (17.2)

   Not specified

28 (2.6)

  1. * Nursing staff categories (Nurse Unit Manager, Clinical Nurse Co-ordinator, Clinical Nurse Supervisor, Registered Nurse, Enrolled Nurse, Student Nurse, Nurse Educator); Medical staff categories (Staff Specialist, Visiting Medical Officer, Registrar, Resident, Intern, Research Fellow, Medical Student); Allied Health staff category (Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Dietician, Speech Therapist, Psychologist, Social Worker, Blood Collection, Laboratory Technician); Ancillary staff categories (Domestic services, IT, Administration, Security, Maintenance, Chaplain, Intake Officer, Finance).