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Table 3 Demographics

From: Stress of conscience of COVID-19 among perianaesthesia nurses having worked in a COVID-ICU during the coronavirus pandemic: an international perspective

 

Total

n = 244

Sweden

n = 69

Netherland

n = 104

Denmark

n = 71

p-value

Age, Mean (SD)

45.5 (10.2)

43.5 (8.9)

46.0 (11.0)

46.9 (10.2)

n.a

Gender

n.a

 Female

211 (87.2%)

61(88.4%)

84(80.8%)

66(93.0%)

 male, n (%)

31 (12.8%)

8(11.6%)

20 (19.2%)

5 (7.0%)

Academic degree, n (%)

 < 0.001*

 Non

37(15.2%)

2(%)

9(%)

26(%)

 Bachelor

84(%)

21(%)

27(%)

36(%)

 Master

18(%)

45(%)

64(%)

9(%)

 PhD

5(%)

1(%)

4(%)

-

Usual workplace, n (%)

 < 0.001**

 ICU

95(38.9%)

53(76.8%)

27(26.0%)

42(59.2%)

 Anaesthesia

64(26.2%)

15(21.7%)

54(51.9%)

22(31.0%)

 Recovery room/ PACU

60(24.6%)

1(0.1%)

23(22.1%)

5(7.0%)

 Day Surgery

25(10.2%)

  

2(3.0%)

Work experience as a nurse, years, Mean (SD)

21.5 (10.9)

18.4 (9.2)

24.1 (11.8)

20.8 (10.4)

n.s

Duration of time working in the Covid-ICU (weeks), Mean (SD)

20.8 (14.3)

30.0(12.3)

14.2 (11.6)

21.6 (14.8)

 < 0.001***

Have received a Covid positive test or immunity test, n (%)

30 (12.3%)

10(/14.5%)

16 (15.4%)

4(5.6%)

N.S

  1. PACU postanesthesia care unit
  2. Bonferroni correction: *Denmark vs Netherlands and Sweden; ** Netherlands vs Denmark vs Sweden; *** between all three countries