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Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents who provided narrative comments in the two open-ended survey questions about unprofessional behaviour

From: Unprofessional behaviours experienced by hospital staff: qualitative analysis of narrative comments in a longitudinal survey across seven hospitals in Australia

Survey respondents who provided narrative comments (n = 1636)

Total survey respondents’ characteristics (n = 5178)

Role types*

  Clinical roles

    Medical

179 (10.9%)

546 (10.5%)

    Nursing

735 (44.9%)

2248 (43.4%)

    Allied Health

269 (16.4%)

795 (15.4%)

    Total

1183 (72.3%)

3589 (69.3%)

  Non-Clinical roles

    Management & Administrative

268 (16.4%)

822 (15.9%)

    Support Services

157 (9.6%)

590 (11.4%)

    Not specified

28 (1.7%)

177 (3.4%)

    Total

453 (27.7)

1589 (30.7%)

  Age

    18–24

91 (5.6%)

300 (5.8%)

    25–34

429 (26.2%)

1567 (30.3%)

    35–44

352 (21.5%)

1127 (21.8%)

    45–54

374 (22.9%)

1097 (21.2%)

    ≥ 55

355 (21.7%)

983 (19.0%)

    Not specified

35 (2.1%)

104 (2.0%)

  Gender

    Female

1275 (77.9%)

3909 (75.5%)

    Male

322 (19.7%)

1176 (22.7%)

    Other / Not specified

39 (2.4%)

93 (1.8%)

  1. *Role types:
  2. Clinical
  3. Medical: Medical Staff Specialist/VMO, Registrar, Resident, Surgical/Anaesthetic Staff Specialist/VMO, Career/Hospital Medical Officer/Medical Fellow, Intern
  4. Nursing: Nurse Unit Manager or Associate NUM, Registered Nurse or Midwife, Graduate Nurse or Midwife, Enrolled Nurse, Clinical Nurse Consultant/Specialist/Educator
  5. Allied Health: Allied Health, Clinical Services, Social, Welfare or Pastoral Care Worker
  6. Non-Clinical
  7. Management & Administration: Ward Clerk/Patient Services Clerk, Administrative Staff, Manager, Other Administrative or Managerial Roles
  8. Support Services: Personal Care/Patient Services Assistant or Orderly, Cleaner/Environmental Services, Other Support Services Staff, Food Services, Engineering Services, Security or Tradesperson, Scientist, Laboratory or Research Staff