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Table 2 Participant Characteristics

From: Canadian critical care nurses experiences on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative descriptive study

Participant Characteristics

Mean

Range

Age

41 years

25 to 60 years

Length of Service

17 years

2 to 41 years

 

Number

Percentage

Gender

 Female

90/109

82.3%

 Male

12/109

11.0%

 Non Binary

1/109

0.92%

 Prefer Not Say

5/109

0.46%

 No Answer

1/109

0.92%

Location

 BC

9/109

8.3%

 AB

19/109

17.4%

 SK

4/109

3.7%

 NVT

1/109

0.92%

 MAN

6/109

5.5%

 ON

49/109

44.9%

 QUE

8/109

7.3%

 NB

3/109

2.8%

 PEI

0/109

0.0%

 NS

7/109

6.4%

 NFLD

2/109

1.8%

 No Answer

1/109

0.92%

Place of Employment

 Community Hospital

44/109

40.4%

 Academic Hospital

63/109

57.8%

 Other

1/109

0.92%

 No Answer

1/109

0.92%

Employment Status

 Full Time

81/109

74.3%

 Part Time

19/109

17.4%

 Casual

8/109

7.4%

 No Answer

1/09

0.92%

Job Role

 Bedside Nurse

90/109

82.3%

 Charge Nurse

16/109

14.7%

 Other (E.g. Nurse Educator)

2/109

1.8%

 No Answer

1/109

0.92%

Provide Direct Care to Patients

 Yes

105/109

96.3%

 No

3/109

2.8%

 No Answer

1/109

0.92%

Previous Experience Working during an epidemic/pandemic (e.g. SARS, MERS, H1N1)

 Yes

73/109

66.9%

 No

35/109

32.1%

 Unsure

1/109

0.92%

Personally Cared for Patients with suspected/confirmed infection caused by respiratory pathogen (e.g. SARS, MERS, H1N1)

 Yes

85/109

77.9%

 No

22/109

20.2%

 Unsure

2/109

1.8%

Personally cared for Patients with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 infection

 Yes

105/109

96.3%

 No

4/109

3.7%