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Table 1 The characteristics of the participants (n = 311)

From: Workload and quality of nursing care: the mediating role of implicit rationing of nursing care, job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion by using structural equations modeling approach

Characteristics

No. (%)

Gender

Female

269 (86.5)

Male

42 (13.5)

Marital status

Single

70 (22.5)

Married

237 (76.2)

Divorced

3 (1)

Widow

1 (0.3)

Current workplace unit

Internal

152 (48.9)

Surgery

32 (10.3)

Pediatrics

11 (3.5)

Neonatal

15 (4.8)

Obstetrics and gynecology

13 (4.2)

ICU/CCU

88 (28.3)

Employment status

Permanent

189 (60.7)

contractual

122 (39.3)

Overtime

Yes

290 (93.2)

No

21 (6.8)

Being a nurse as a second job

Yes

2 (0.6)

No

309 (99.4)

Having a second job beside nursing

Yes

17 (5.5)

No

294 (94.5)

Interest to the nursing profession

Not at all

3 (1)

Low

8 (2.6)

Moderate

114 (36.6)

High

130 (41.8)

Very high

56 (18)

Age (years) (Mean ± SD)

32.68 ± 6.73

Duration of working in the current unit (months) (Mean ± SD)

54.35 ± 54.61

Experience of working as a nurse (months) (Mean ± SD)

105.18 ± 73.50

Average amount of salary per month (Million Tomans) a (Mean ± SD)

4.54 ± 0.98

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