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Table 2 A comparison of demographic and work-related characteristics for nurses in Hospital 1 and 2

From: Working while sick: validation of the multidimensional presenteeism exposures and productivity survey for nurses (MPEPS-N)

Characteristics

Preliminary questionnaire Hospital 1 (n = 246)

n (%)

Main round Questionnaire Hospital 2 (n = 824)

n (%)

P-value

Gender

 Male

25 (10.2)

95 (11.5)

0.63

 Female

221 (89.8)

729 (88.5)

 

Age Group

  ≤ 30

38 (19.9)

226 (28.4)

< 0.001**

 31–40

55 (28.8)

196 (24.6)

 

 41–50

48 (25.1)

263 (33.0)

 

  ≥ 51

50 (26.2)

111 (14.0)

 

Education

 Certificate/ Diploma

59 (28.0)

72 (9.1)

< 0.001**

 Associate Diploma/ Higher Diploma

43 (20.5)

47 (6.0)

 

 Bachelor’s Degree (BscN/BN)

65 (31.0)

432 (54.8)

 

 Postgraduate Degree

43 (20.5)

237 (30.1)

 

Nurse Ranking

 Junior staff (EN/RN)a

198 (80.5)

618 (75.0)

< 0.001**

 Middle management (APN/NC)

31 (12.6)

171 (20.8)

 

 Senior management (WM/UM/DOM)

17 (6.9)

35 (4.2)

 

Working Schedule

 Shift schedule

164 (69.5)

664 (82.8)

< 0.001**

 Regular schedule (9 am-6 pm)

72 (30.5)

138 (17.2)

 

Department

 A&E and Outpatientsb

14 (5.9)

94 (12.0)

0.04*

 Medicinec

105 (44.3)

309 (39.6)

 

 Surgeryd

90 (38.0)

303 (38.8)

 

 Otherse

28 (11.8)

75 (9.6)

 
  1. Note: aEN - enrolled nurses, RN- registered nurses, APN – advanced practitioner nurses, WM – ward manager, UM - unit manager, DOM- department operations manager
  2. bA&E and outpatients - includes accident and emergency, ambulatory Care and outpatients
  3. cMedicine - includes medicine, geriatrics, pediatrics and intensive care unit (ICU)
  4. dSurgery - includes surgery, obstetrics, gynecology and operation theatre
  5. e0thers - includes administration, management, residential care, public health, rehabilitation, occupational Health, community nursing, mental health, psychiatry, addiction treatment and others
  6. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001