Table 1 Characteristics of the survey participants
Physicians | Nurses | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Language region | ||||||
German | 74 | 77.1 | 210 | 69.5 | 284 | 71.4 |
French | 22 | 22.9 | 92 | 30.5 | 114 | 28.6 |
Gender | ||||||
Men | 47 | 50.0 | 19 | 6.3 | 66 | 16.7 |
Women | 47 | 50.0 | 283 | 93.7 | 330 | 83.3 |
Age, yrs | ||||||
< 30 | 4 | 4.3 | 53 | 17.5 | 57 | 14.4 |
30–39 | 38 | 40.4 | 126 | 41.7 | 164 | 41.4 |
40–49 | 30 | 31.9 | 78 | 25.8 | 108 | 27.3 |
≥50 | 22 | 23.4 | 45 | 14.9 | 67 | 16.9 |
Experience in NICU, yrs | ||||||
≤3 | 26 | 27.1 | 49 | 16.2 | 75 | 18.8 |
4–6 | 18 | 18.8 | 66 | 21.9 | 84 | 21.1 |
7–10 | 14 | 14.6 | 58 | 19.2 | 72 | 18.1 |
11–20 | 29 | 30.2 | 84 | 27.8 | 113 | 28.4 |
> 20 | 9 | 9.4 | 45 | 14.9 | 54 | 13.6 |
Leading position | ||||||
Yes | 87 | 90.6 | 47 | 15.6 | 134 | 33.7 |
No | 9 | 9.4 | 255 | 84.4 | 264 | 66.3 |
Religious background | ||||||
None | 23 | 24.5 | 85 | 28.1 | 108 | 27.3 |
Catholic | 40 | 42.6 | 126 | 41.7 | 166 | 41.9 |
Protestant | 26 | 27.7 | 70 | 23.2 | 96 | 24.2 |
Other | 5 | 5.3 | 21 | 7.0 | 26 | 6.6 |
Importance of religion | ||||||
Important | 30 | 31.9 | 96 | 31.8 | 126 | 31.8 |
Not important | 64 | 68.1 | 206 | 68.2 | 270 | 68.2 |
Own children | ||||||
Yes | 58 | 61.7 | 154 | 51.0 | 212 | 53.5 |
No | 36 | 38.3 | 148 | 49.0 | 184 | 46.5 |