Table 1 The characteristics of the participants and descriptive statistics

NGNs

ExNs

Age

31.06 (8.73)

44.92 (11.18)

Gender

Male

77 / 10.9 %

88 / 7.2 %

Female

627 / 89.1 %

1134 / 92.8 %

Work environment

Emergency care

105 / 15.2 %

96 / 8.1 %

Psychiatric and substance abuse services

94 / 13.6 %

137 / 11.9 %

Specialised health care

260 / 37.7 %

376 / 31.8 %

Elderly care

161 / 23.4 %

306 / 25.9 %

Reception work

36 / 5.2 %

114 / 9.6 %

Other

33 / 4.8 %

154 / 13.0 %

Stress (range: 1–5)

2.72 (1.08)

2.71 (1.10)

Psychological distress (1–4)

2.09 (0.77)

2.10 (0.76)

Informatics competence (1–5)

4.02 (0.61)

3.86 (0.67)

SRIS (1–5)

2.57 (0.85)

2.94 (0.85)