Professional identity and sense of coherence affect the between compassion fatigue and work engagement among Chinese hospital nurses

Table 1 Descriptions of nurse characteristics (N = 1317) Continued Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics		N	%
Age(years)	≤ 25	472	35.8
	26–35	513	39.0
	36–45	234	17.8
	>45	98	7.4
Gender	Male	158	19.6
Gender	Female	1059	80.4
Education level	Junior college and below	492	38.7
	Bachelor degree	730	54.7
	Master degree or above	95	6.6
Professional title	Nurse	489	37.1
	Nurse practitioner	518	39.3
	Nurse-in-charge or above	310	23.5
Departments	Internal medicine	369	28
	Surgery	339	25.7
	Obstetrics and gynaecology	136	10.3
	Paediatrics	104	7.9
	Emergency	130	9.9
	Intensive care unit	121	9.2
	Others	118	9
Work experience (years)	1–5	534	40.5
	6–10	476	36.1
	11–15	186	14.1
	>15	121	9.2
Average working hours per week (hours)	≤ 40	295	22.4
	41–50	638	48.4
	>50	384	29.2
Average number of night shifts per month (times)	0–2	141	10.7
	3–5	340	25.8
	6–8	555	42.1
	>8	281	21.3
Average monthly income(¥)	≤ 3000	289	21.9
	3001–6000	326	24.8
	6001–9000	449	34.1
	>9000	253	19.2
Marital status	Single	526	39.9
	Married	707	53.7
	Divorced or widowed	84	6.4
Number of children	0	578	43.9
	1	531	40.3
	≥ 2	208	15.8
Mode of employment	Aurhorized personnel	238	18.1
	Personnel agency	338	25.7
	Contract worker	741	56.3

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