Comprehensive phase participant characteristics and exposures: the Minnesota Nurses’ Study
| Characteristics/exposures | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 3587 | 96.0 |
| Male | 151 | 4.0 |
| Age (years) | ||
| Less than 30 | 195 | 5.2 |
| 30 to <40 | 724 | 19.4 |
| 40 to <50 | 1438 | 38.5 |
| 50 to <60 | 983 | 26.3 |
| 60 or older | 398 | 10.7 |
| Licence type | ||
| RN | 2788 | 74.6 |
| LPN | 950 | 25.4 |
| Nursing education | ||
| Diploma | 1441 | 38.6 |
| Associate degree | 1058 | 28.3 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 979 | 26.2 |
| Master’s degree | 216 | 5.8 |
| Doctorate degree | 5 | 0.1 |
| Missing (refused) | 35 (4) | 0.9 (0.1) |
| Primary facility worked | ||
| Hospital inpatient | 1454 | 38.9 |
| Nursing home/long term care/rehabilitation facility | 688 | 18.4 |
| School/college/university; independent practice/consulting; insurance/utilisation review; industry; split time equally between two or more facilities; other | 483 | 12.9 |
| Hospital/non-hospital outpatient facility | 272 | 7.3 |
| Clinic/health care provider office | 496 | 13.3 |
| Public health/home health agency | 345 | 9.2 |
| Ownership of facility | ||
| Private | 2508 | 67.1 |
| City/town | 320 | 8.6 |
| County | 243 | 6.5 |
| State | 167 | 4.5 |
| Federal/VA/military | 67 | 1.8 |
| Split time/unsure | 416 | 11.1 |
| Missing | 17 | 0.5 |
| Primary department/unit/area | ||
| Medical/surgical; obstetrics/gynaecology; procedural diagnostic | 1496 | 40.1 |
| Intensive care unit | 248 | 6.6 |
| Psychiatric/behavioural | 264 | 7.1 |
| Emergency | 115 | 3.1 |
| Occupational health; split time; other | 561 | 15.0 |
| Operating/recovery room | 247 | 6.6 |
| Public health/home care; school health; education/research | 584 | 15.6 |
| Family practice | 289 | 7.7 |
| Missing (refused) | 4 (2) | 0.1 (0.1) |
| Primary patient population | ||
| Adult | 1593 | 42.6 |
| Geriatric | 875 | 23.4 |
| Split time | 871 | 23.3 |
| Neonatal/paediatric/adolescent | 381 | 10.2 |
| Missing (refused) | 15 (3) | 0.4 (0.1) |
| Primary professional activity | ||
| All non-direct care: teaching; research; administration; case management; insurance/utilisation review; telephone triage/health information; split time; other | 1172 | 31.4 |
| Provided patient care | 2318 | 62.0 |
| Supervised patient care | 237 | 6.3 |
| Missing | 11 | 0.3 |