Work stress associated cool down reactions among nurses and hospital physicians and their relation to burnout symptoms

Table 1 Characteristics of the sample (N = 1384)

Gender	n	% or mean values
Women	945	69.5
Men	415	30.5
Age, years (mean, SD)		40.7 ± 11.3
Family status	n	%
Living with partner – married	666	49.0
Living with partner – not married	336	24.7
Single	265	19.5
Divorced	81	6.0
Widowed	10	0.7
Profession, %	n	%
Nurses	916	66.2
Physicians	467	33.8
Employment, years, (mean, SD)		16.3 ± 11.7
Duration of work per week, hours (mean, SD)		39.0 ± 12.9
Perceived work burden, 0–100 (mean, SD)		60.7 ± 21.3

Not in all cases enrolled persons provided complete information, i.e., for gender (n = 24), age (n = 155), family status (n = 26), employment (n = 32), duration of work (n = 59), work burden (n = 37)

ISSN: 1472-6963