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Table 4 Baseline characteristics of the nursing staff (N = 804a) and the wards (N = 46). Values are numbers (%), unless otherwise specified

From: TIME to reduce agitation in persons with dementia in nursing homes. A process evaluation of a complex intervention

Characteristics

INHb

CNHc

Total

Age (years)

 ≤29

65 (17.9)

87 (19.8)

152 (18.9)

 30–49

147 (40.4)

176 (40.0))

323 (40.2)

 ≥50

152 (41.8)

177 (40.2)

329 (40.9)

Employment relationship

 Regular staff

335 (92)

397 (90.2)

732 (91)

 Temporary staff

29 (8.0)

43 (9.8)

72 (9)

Percent of full time engagement

 <25

37 (10.2)

69 (15.7)

106 (13.2)

 25–49

20 (5.5)

25 (5.7)

45 (5.6)

 50–74

86 (23.6)

97 (22.0)

183 (22.8)

 75–100

221 (60.7)

249 (56.6)

470 (58.5)

Working experience in years in health-related job

 0–1

10 (2.7)

13 (3.0)

23 (2.9)

 1–5

57 (15.7)

83 (18.9)

140 (17.4)

 6–10

67 (18.4)

90 (20.5)

157 (19.5)

 11–15

68 (18.7)

78 (17.7)

146 (18.2)

 >15

162 (44.5)

176 (40.0)

338 (42.0)

Health-related education

 3 years or more

91 (25)

121 (27.5)

212 (26.4)

 Less than 3 years

223 (61.3)

247 (56.1)

470 (58.5)

 No relevant health-related education

50 (13.7)

72 (16.4)

122 (15.2)

Relevant continuing education

 Yes

102 (28)

110 (25)

312 (26)

 No

262 (72)

330 (75)

592 (74)

Wards

 Regular ward

3 (14)

9 (37)

12 (26)

 Special care unit

19 (86)

15 (63)

34 (74)

 Residents per ward. Mean (SDd)

22.5 (8.5)

22.8 (7.8)

22.7 (8.0)

 Number of Full Time Equivalents per ward. Mean (SD), n = 45

25.1 (9.8)

22.1 (6.9)

23.5 (8.4)

 Staff per ward per resident on day shift. Mean (SD), n = 45

0.36 (0.11)

0.33 (0.07)

0.35 (0.09)

 Hours per resident per week for nursing home physician, Mean (SD), n = 45

0.34 (0.12)

0.32 (0.20)

0.33 (0.18)

  1. Notes: a N = 804, 3 of the staff members did not answer the part of the questionnaire concerning age, education, employment etc. but answered some of the other questionnaires, with N = 807 for those questionnaires (see Table 5). bINH. Intervention Nursing Homes; cCNH. Control Nursing Homes dSD; Standard Deviation