Table 1 Comparison of healthcare professionals’ characteristics between participants who reported at least one regret and participants who reported having never had a regret during the 5 last years
No regret N = 165 | At least 1 regret N = 329 | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | <30 | 34 (21.7%) | 56 (18.1%) | 0.24 |
31–39 | 61 (38.9%) | 101 (32.7%) | ||
40–49 | 39 (24.8%) | 90 (29.1%) | ||
>50 | 23 (14.6%) | 62 (20.1%) | ||
Sex | Woman | 138 (83.6%) | 266 (80.9%) | 0.52 |
Man | 27 (16.4%) | 63 (19.1%) | ||
Profession | Non Physicians | 138 (87.9%) | 217 (70.9%) | <0.001 |
Physicians | 19 (12.1%) | 89 (29.1%) | ||
Professional status | Nurse/resident | 115 (74.2%) | 201(66.8%) | 0.13 |
Supervisor | 40 (25.8%) | 100 (33.2%) | ||
Percentage of clinical activity | 0–50% | 14 (9.0%) | 22 (7.1%) | 0.76 |
51–80% | 41 (26.3%) | 85 (27.4%) | ||
81–100% | 101 (64.7%) | 203 (65.5%) | ||
Years of Experience | 1–2 | 8 (5.2%) | 24 (7.9%) | 0.002 |
3–5 | 14 (9.1%) | 41 (13.5%) | ||
6–10 | 39 (25.3%) | 33 (10.9%) | ||
11–20 | 46 (29.9%) | 109 (36.0%) | ||
>20 | 47 (30.5%) | 96 (31.7%) | ||
Nightshifts during last month | 0 | 75 (48.1%) | 143 (45.8%) | 0.52 |
1–3 | 26 (16.7%) | 48 (15.4%) | ||
4–6 | 36 (23.1%) | 63 (20.2%) | ||
7–9 | 13 (8.3%) | 39 (12.5%) | ||
>9 | 6 (3.8%) | 19 (6.1%) | ||
Self-reported health | Excellent | 25 (15.2%) | 63 (19.1%) | 0.66 |
Very good | 70 (42.4%) | 132 (40.1%) | ||
Good | 54 (32.7%) | 95 (28.8%) | ||
Fair | 10 (6.1%) | 18 (5.5%) | ||
Poor | 0 | 1 (0.3%) | ||
Sick leave during last 6 month | None −3 days | 143 (89.4%) | 295 (94.9%) | 0.04 |
>3 days | 17 (10.6%) | 16 (5.1.%) | ||
Scores, mean (SD) | ||||
Job Satisfaction (range 1–7) | 4.8 (1.1) | 4.7 (1.1) | 0.16 | |
Sleep (range 0–28) | 6.4 (4.9) | 5.9 (4.9) | 0.25 | |