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Table 2 Participant characteristics by study group

From: SCOPEOUT: sustainability and spread of quality improvement activities in long-term care- a mixed methods approach

 

Intervention units

Non-intervention units

P

Number of surveys collected

215

318

 

Age range, N (%)

  < 25 years

5 (2.3%)

5 (1.6%)

< 0.0001a

 25-34 years

12 (5.6%)

32 (10.0%)

 35-44 years

50 (23.3%)

100 (31.4%)

 45-54 years

100 (46.5%)

124 (39.0%)

  > 54 years

47 (21.9%)

56 (17.6%)

 Missing

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.3%)

Sex, N (%)

 Male

28 (13.0%)

33 (10.4%)

0.069a

 Female

186 (86.5%)

285 (89.6%)

 Missing

1 (0.5%)

–

Care provider group, N (%)

 Care aides

187 (87.0%)

242 (76.1%)

< 0.0001a

 Nurses

22 (10.2%)

62 (19.5%)

 Allied health providers

1 (0.5%)

2 (0.6%)

 Managers

5 (2.3%)

12 (3.8%)

Years worked in current role, M (SD)

13.9 (9.18)

12.01 (8.03)

0.015 b

Years worked on unit, M (SD)

8.7 (6.97)

6.64 (6.32)

< 0.001b

  1. Note: N = number of individuals, % = percent of individuals, M = mean, SD = standard deviation
  2. aFisher’s exact test, two-sided (p < 0.05)
  3. bT-test for two independent samples, two-sided (p < 0.05)