Table 1 Respondent characteristics
From: How caregivers view patient comfort and what they do to improve it: a French survey
Total respondents | 915 |
Age, yr (mean ± SD) | 37 ± 10 |
Professional experience > 5 yr | 527 (58) |
Function | |
Nurse | 502 (55) |
Day-shift | 155 (31) |
Night-shift | 47 (9) |
Day and night-shift | 300 (60) |
Physician | 309 (34) |
Nurse’s aide | 80 (9) |
Physiotherapist | 20 (2) |
Psychologist | 4 (0.5) |
ICU type | |
Adult | 853 (93) |
Pediatric | 62 (7) |
Previously attended training on patient’s well-being | |
All | 242 (26) |
Nurses | 137 (27) |
Physicians | 66 (21) |
Nurse’s aides | 33 (41)* |
Physiotherapists | 3 (15) |
Psychologists | 3 (75) |
Number of respondents per ICU | |
1 | 213 (73) |
2 | 35 (12) |
3 | 34 (12) |
≥4 | 10 (3) |