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Table 2 Characteristics of respondents

From: Nurses’ perceptions of the transition to 100% single-occupancy patient rooms in a university hospital in the Netherlands: an uncontrolled before and after study

 

Former hospital

N = 217

New hospital period 1

N = 483

New hospital

period 2

N = 191

Age, median (interquartile range)

28 (24–46)

29 (23–41)

29 (24–41)

Sex: female (%)

172 (79.3)

409 (84.7)

140 (73.3)

Profession

   

Nurse (%)

139 (64.1)

377 (78.0)

130 (68.1)

Student-nurse (%)

40 (18.4)

99 (20.5)

39 (20.4)

Medical student (%)

4 (1.8)

3 (0.6)

- (-)

Clinical/doctor’s assistant (%)

10 (4.6)

4 (0.9)

3 (1.6)

Unknown (%)

24 (11.1)

- (-)

19 (9.9)

Working at

   

General wards, n (%)

180 (82.9)

420 (87.0)

148 (77.5)

Intensive care unit, n (%)

37 (17.1)

63 (13.0)

43 (22.5)

Years working in hospital, median (interquartile range)

7 (2–17) §

4 (1–13)

6 (2–11) ¶

  1. †) 16 missing values (8%); §) 28 missing values (13%); ¶) 182 missing values (95%)