Characteristics of study participants at baseline, split into the inspection, guidance-through-workshop and control groups
| Inspection (n=517) | Guidance-through-workshop (n=479) | Control (n=673) | |
| Gender (%*) | |||
| Male | 22 (4.26) | 22 (4.59) | 28 (4.16) |
| Female | 495 (95.74) | 457 (95.41) | 645 (95.84) |
| Age (SD) | 46.12 (11.62) | 44.66 (12.22) | 45.30 (12.05) |
| Marital status (%*) | |||
| Unmarried | 70 (13.67) | 64 (13.56) | 98 (14.89) |
| Married/cohabiting | 398 (77.73) | 362 (76.69) | 508 (77.20) |
| Widow/widower | 12 (2.34) | 7 (1.48) | 7 (1.06) |
| Divorced/separated | 32 (6.25) | 39 (8.26) | 45 (6.84) |
| Type of employment (%*) | |||
| Permanent | 482 (94.14) | 434 (92.74) | 619 (93.50) |
| Temporary | 16 (3.13) | 16 (3.42) | 18 (2.72) |
| Substitute/on-call | 11 (2.15) | 16 (3.42) | 23 (3.47) |
| Other | 3 (0.59) | 2 (0.43) | 2 (0.30) |
| Percentage employment† (SD) | 79.01 (22.09) | 78.25 (22.58)‡ | 81.22 (21.54) |
| Job title (%) | |||
| Nurse | 190 (37.18) | 154 (32.15) | 229 (35.18) |
| Nursing assistant | 230 (45.01) | 226 (47.18) | 283 (43.47) |
| Other health professions | 10 (1.96) | 9 (1.88) | 14 (2.15) |
| Other care staff | 64 (12.52) | 75 (15.66) | 105 (16.13) |
| Leader | 13 (2.54) | 13 (2.71) | 15 (2.30) |
| Other | 4 (0.78) | 2 (0.42) | 5 (0.77) |
| Leader responsibilities (%*) | |||
| Top tier leader | 89 (17.69) | 92 (19.74) | 106 (16.31) |
| Middle tier leader | 44 (8.75) | 37 (7.94) | 48 (7.38) |
| No leadership responsibilities | 370 (73.56) | 337 (72.32) | 496 (76.31) |
*Valid percentages.
†Percentage employment is the percentage of a full-time equivalent position.
‡Significantly different from controls, p≤0.05.