Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the nurses participating in the research (N = 316)
From: Development and validation of the nurses sexual harassment scale in Iran
Quantitative Variables | Mean ± Standard Deviation |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 32.6 ± 6.802 |
Work experience (years) | 8.74 ± 6.409 |
Hours spent on social networks during the day and night (minutes) | 185.4 ± 128.82 |
Qualitative variables | Frequency* (%**) |
Marital Status | |
Single | 115 (36.5) |
Married | 186 (59) |
Divorced | 11 (3.5) |
Widow(er) | 3 (1) |
Education | |
B.Sc. | 255 (81. 2) |
M.Sc. | 59 (18.8) |
Position | |
Supervisor | 5 (1.6) |
Head Nurse | 9 (2.8) |
Nurse | 302 (95.6) |
Shifts | |
Fixed | 24 (7.6) |
In Circulation | 292 (92.4) |
Hospitals | |
A | 112 (43.6) |
B | 53 (20.6) |
C | 69 (26.8) |
D | 23 (8.9) |
Wards | |
ICU | 62 (22.3) |
Emergency Room | 66 (23.7) |
Dialysis | 7 (2.5) |
Psychiatry | 24 (8.6) |
Oncology | 4 (1.4) |
Internal | 72 (25.9) |
CCU | 6 (2.2) |
Surgery | 14 (5) |
Orthopedics | 4 (1.4) |
Pediatrics | 4 (1.4) |
Supervisory Office | 4 (1.4) |
Operation Room | 9 (3.2) |
Neurology | 1 (0.4) |
Eye | 1 (0.4) |
Offender’s Sex*** | |
Same Sex | 7 (6.5) |
Opposite Sex | 97 (90.07) |
Both Sexes | 3 (2.8) |
Offender’s Position*** | |
Doctor | 41 (19.5) |
Nurse | 38 (17.75) |
Office Clerk | 30 (14.02) |
Patient | 37 (17.3) |
Patient’s Companion | 46 (21.5) |
Other | 22 (10.28) |
Use of Social Networks | |
Yes | 304 (96.5) |
No | 11 (3.5) |
Type of social network**** | |
Telegram | 138 (20.44) |
289 (42.81) | |
236 (34.96) | |
9 (1.34) | |
Other | 3 (0.45) |