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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of mental workload subgroups

From: Subtypes of nurses’ mental workload and interaction patterns with fatigue and work engagement during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: A latent class analysis

 

Overall n = 1337

Class 1

n = 41

Class 2

n = 455

Class 3

n = 841

p

Sex (Female)

1278 (95.59)

40 (97.56)

428 (94.07)

810 (96.31)

0.140

Age (Yrs.)

    

< 0.001**

  < 28

496 (37.10)

23 (56.10)

196 (43.08)

277 (32.94)

 

 28–38

523 (39.12)

9 (21.95)

168 (36.92)

346 (41.14)

 

  > 38

318 (23.78)

9 (21.95)

91 (20.00)

218 (25.92)

 

Education

    

0.011*

 bachelor’s degree

817 (61.11)

19 (46.34)

261 (57.36)

537 (63.85)

 

 Non-bachelor’s degree

520 (38.89)

22 (53.66)

194 (42.64)

304 (36.15)

 

Nursing profession year

    

< 0.001**

  < 5

419 (31.14)

19 (46.34)

169 (37.14)

231 (27.47)

 

 5–10

355 (26.55)

8 (19.51)

134 (29.45)

213 (25.33)

 

  > 10

563 (42.11)

14 (34.15)

152 (33.41)

397 (47.21)

 

Marital status (Married)

899 (67.24)

22 (53.66)

278 (61.10)

599 (71.22)

< 0.001**

Child of all ages (Yes)

784 (58.64)

19 (46.34)

233 (51.21)

532 (63.26)

< 0.001**

Degree of Exposure to COVID-19

 Low COV Exp

820 (61.33)

28 (68.29)

276 (60.66)

516 (61.36)

0.016*

 Med COV Exp

389 (29.09)

9 (21.95)

145 (31.87)

241 (27.94)

 

 High COV Exp

128 (9.57)

4 (9.76)

34 (7.47)

90 (10.07)

 
  1. Class 1: low workload perception & high self-evaluation group; Class 2: medium workload perception & medium self-evaluation group; Class 3: high workload perception & low self-evaluation group
  2. Low COV Exp Low COVID-19 exposure, Med COV Exp Medium COVID-19 exposure, High COV Exp High COVID-19 exposure
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01