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Table 1 Sociodemographic and professional characterization of the participants (n = 713)

From: From the first to the fourth critical period of COVID-19: what has changed in nursing practice environments in hospital settings?

Gender n (%)

 Female

537 (75.3)

 Male

176 (24.7)

Marital status n (%)

 Married / non-marital partnership

423 (59.3)

 Single

252 (35.3)

 Divorced

36 (5.0)

 Widower

2 (0.3)

Age (years) Mean; Std. Dev.

38.2; 9.3

Education n (%)

 Bachelor’s degree

629 (88.2)

 Master’s degree

84 (11.8)

Work Department n (%)

 Medicine Department

358 (50.2)

 Surgery Department

276 (38.7)

 Emergency and Intensive Care Department

59 (8.3)

 Psychiatry and Mental Health Department

20 (2.8)

Work in areas of care for COVID-19 patients n (%)

400 (56.1)

Time in areas of care for COVID-19 patients (months) Mean; Std. Dev.

6.5; 3.7

Professional category n (%)

 Nurse

487 (68.3)

 Specialist nurse

226 (31.7)

Time of professional nursing practice (years) Mean; Std. Dev.

14.9; 8.4

Time of professional practice in the service (years) Mean; Std. Dev.

9.1; 7.9

Nurses with Nursing Specialization n (%)

233 (28.4)

Nursing specialization area

 Rehabilitation

122 (14.9)

 Medical-Surgical

67 (8.2)

 Community

20 (2.4)

 Mental and Psychiatric Health

13 (1.6)

 Maternal and Obstetric Health

7 (0.9)

 Child and Pediatric Health

4 (0.5)

  1. Source: Authors. Std. dev. - Standard deviation