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Table 1 Number of active workers, percentage of women, median age and hospital seniority, and work organisational factors in the investigated wards during the study years

From: Role of turnover, downsizing, overtime and night shifts on workplace violence against healthcare workers: a seven-year ecological study

 

Year (number of wards)

2016 (n = 223)

2017 (n = 228)

2018 (n = 235)

2019 (n = 233)

2020 (n = 231)

2022 (n = 231)

Average number of active workers

10.5 [6.5, 18.3]

10.8 [6.3, 18.7]

10.6 [5.9, 18.1]

10.5 [6.0, 18.5]

10.1 [6.0, 17.9]

10 [ 5.6, 17.9]

Percentage of women

80.0 [66.2, 93.7]

80.6 [63.4, 92.4]

80.0 [63.1, 93.7]

80.0 [64.7, 93.3]

81.0 [64.3, 93.7]

80.0 [66.3, 94.0]

Median age

49.3 [46.1, 52.3]

49.8 [45.6, 53.1]

49.8 [45.7, 53.3]

49.8 [45.8, 53.3]

49.3 [44.4, 53.3]

48.9 [42.6, 53.7]

Median hospital seniority

18.1 [12.6, 23.8]

17.8 [11.7, 24.8]

17.5 [11.2, 24.8]

17.9 [10.8, 25.5]

14.5 [9.0, 23.4]

14.0 [ 5.9, 22.0]

Turnover, per 100 active workers

7.5 [0.0, 20.0]

25.6 [8.3, 51.5]

27.8 [13.2, 48.8]

14.7 [0.0, 28.3]

21.0 [9.2, 38.7]

48.8 [24.5, 87.1]

Downsizing, per 100 active workers

0.0 [0.0, 1.3]

0.0 [-9.5, 0.6]

0.0 [-4.1, 10.7]

0.0 [-7.0, 6.3]

0.0 [-11.3, 11.1]

0.0 [-11.3, 11.6]

Weekly overtime, per active worker

0.9 [0.4, 1.4]

0.9 [0.4, 1.4]

0.9 [0.4, 1.4]

1.0 [0.4, 1.4]

2.8 [1.3, 4.2]

1.7 [0.8, 2.9]

Number of wards with night shift schedulinga, n (%)

101 (45.3)

102 (44.7)

101 (43.0)

90 (38.6)

95 (41.1)

86 (37.2)

  1. Note. Medians [interquartile ranges] are reported, unless otherwise specified
  2. a defined as at least 2 night shifts per month per active worker engaged in night shifts