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Table 2 Sample characteristics by managerial function. (data not adding up to 100 % are due to missing values)

From: Using the theory of planned behaviour to model antecedents of surgical checklist use: a cross-sectional study

  

Total (N = 866)

Without managerial function

With managerial function

n = 582

n = 284

Survey language

German

77.7

81.3

70.4

French

22.3

18.7

29.6

Gender

female

49.2

58.1

30.6

male

49.1

40.1

67.3

Mean age in years (SD)

 

40.9 (10.4)

37.3 (10.0)

45.3 (9.0)

Education

Doctors

57.7

53.3

67

Theatre nurses

19.3

20.8

16.2

Surgical technicians

16.2

17.7

13

Attendants for surgical positioning

4.5

5.5

2.5

Others

1.3

1.6

.7

Managerial function

Yes

32.8

  

No

67.2

Years of professional experience

0 - 2 years

19.4

25.1

7.8

2 - 5 years

18.6

20.6

14.4

5 - 10 years

20.6

21.7

18.3

10 - 20 years

21.9

17.5

31

more than 20 years

18.7

14.4

27.5

hours spent in the OR in an average week

None

2.4

2.8

1.8

0 to 8

16.8

17.4

15.6

8 to 16

18.9

18.5

19.9

16 to 24

15.7

14.2

18.8

24 to 32

14.9

13.1

18.4

32 to 40

17.0

19.2

12.4

more than 40

13.7

14.5

12.1