Table 1 Nurse and Patients’ characteristics
From: Linking patient satisfaction with nursing care: the case of care rationing - a correlational study
|  | Nurses (n = 393) | Patients (n = 352) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic variables | N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) |
Genderª Females | 278 (70.1) |  | 119 (33.8) |  |
  Males | 115 (29.0) |  | 227 (64.5) |  |
Age | Â | 34.1 (9.4) | Â | 60.3 (18.3) |
Experience in nursing (years) | Â | 11.4 (9.3) | Â | Â |
Experience in current department (years) | Â | 5.3 (5.5) | Â | Â |
Departmentª Surgical | 211 (53.7)b |  | 211 (59.9)b |  |
  Medical | 156 (39.7)b |  | 137 (38.9)b |  |