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Table 3 Sample characteristics per MP

From: Noise exposure among staff in intensive care units and the effects of unit-based noise management: a monocentric prospective longitudinal study

 

T0

T1

T2

Sample size

 n

115

96

96

Age

 until below 30

25 (22.9%)

21 (22.8%)

22 (23.7%)

 30 to under 40

32 (29.4%)

31 (33.7%)

32 (34.4%)

 40 to under 50

26 (23.9%)

22 (23.9%)

18 (19.4%)

 50 and older

26 (23.9%)

17 (18.5%)

21 (22.6%)

 no specification/missing

6 (5.2%)

5 (5.2%)

3 (3.1%)

Gender

 female

74 (66.7%)

62 (67.4%)

58 (62.4%)

 male

36 (32.4%)

26 (28.3%)

31 (33.3%)

 no specification/missing

5 (4.3%)

8 (8.3%)

7 (7.3%)

ICU

 anesthesiological

30 (27.0%)

19 (20.9%)

24 (26.1%)

 neonatological

45 (40.5%)

45 (49.5%)

38 (41.3%)

 neurological

35 (31.5%)

27 (29.7%)

29 (31.5%)

 no specification/missing

5 (4.3%)

5 (5.2%)

5 (5.2%)

Professional group

 nurses or pediatric nurses

57 (51.8%)

48 (54.5%)

51 (54.8%)

 physicians

22 (20.0%)

17 (19.3%)

19 (20.4%)

 othera

29 (26.4%)

21 (23.9%)

22 (23.7%)

 no specification/missing

7 (6.1%)

10 (10.4%)

4 (4.2%)

Work experience (in years)

 until below 2

15 (13.6%)

14 (15.6%)

15 (16.3%)

 2 to under 5

20 (18.2%)

16 (17.8%)

14 (15.2%)

 5 to under 10

26 (23.6%)

20 (22.2%)

21 (22.8%)

 10 to under 15

16 (14.5%)

12 (13.3%)

12 (13.0%)

 15 and more

32 (29.1%)

27 (30.0%)

29 (31.5%)

 no specification/missing

6 (5.2%)

7 (7.3%)

5 (5.2%)

Work proportion (in %)

 until below 75

39 (35.5%)

24 (26.4%)

28 (30.8%)

 75 to 100

69 (62.7%)

65 (71.4%)

62 (68.1%)

 no specification/missing

7 (6.1%)

7 (7.3%)

6 (6.2%)

  1. a e.g. physio-, occupational- or speech therapy, nursing assistants, service assistants, staff from hotels, secretaries