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Table 1 Participant profile

From: Factors influencing hospitalized patients’ perception of individualized nursing care: a cross-sectional study

 

All (n = 606)

n (%)

Gender

 

 Female

244 (40.3)

 Male

360 (59.4)

Age (years)b

59 (48;70)

Nationality

 

 German

579 (95.5)

 Other

22 (3.6)

Marital status

 

 Single

102 (16.8)

 Married

376 (62.0)

 Divorced/living apart

71 (11.7)

 Widowed

54 (8.9)

Educational level

 

  ≤ 9 years

247 (40.8)

 10 years

180 (29.7)

 13 years

98 (16.2)

 13 years + university degree

72 (11.9)

Hospital stay was

 

 Planned

318 (52.5)

 Unplanned (e.g. emergency admission)

277 (45.7)

Length of hospital stay (days)b

8 (5;11)

Self-rated healtha,b

3 (2;3)

  1. NOTE: bMedian (Interquartile range); aLikert scale response pattern (1 = very good; 6 = very poor)