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Table 1 Nurses’ socio-demographic and career attributes

From: Resilience and burnout status among nurses working in oncology

Socio-demographic characteristics

Number

%

Sex

 Female

126

90

 Male

14

10

Age groups (years)

 19–27

23

16.2

 28–35

55

39.4

 36–44

49

35

 45–53

13

9.4

Marital status

 Married

85

59.3

 Single

55

40.7

Education status

 High school graduate

21

15

 Associate’s degree

27

19.3

 Bachelor’s degree

84

60

 Higher education graduate

8

5.7

Family type

 Nuclear

126

90

 Extended

11

7.9

 Divorced

3

2.1

Any children

 Yes

78

56.1

 No

62

43.9

Dependents

 Yes

73

52.5

 No

67

47.5

People taken care of

 Child

45

61.6

 Parents

21

28.8

 Sibling

7

9.6

Number of children

 1

34

46.6

 2

35

48

 3 or more

4

5.4

Career attributes

Number

%

Number of years in the field (years)

 1–8

56

40

 9–16

44

31.4

 17–24

31

22.2

 25–33

9

6.4

Number of years working in oncology

Mean ± SD 3.70 ± 3.69

 

Clinic stationed at

 Oncology day treatment

68

48.6

 Oncology/medical oncology clinic

48

34.3

 Hematology clinic

12

8.6

 Bone marrow transplantation clinic

6

4.3

 Palliative care clinic

2

1.4

 Internal medicine clinic

2

1.4

 Hematology day treatment

2

1.4

Duty at current clinic

 Clinical nurse

84

60

 Chief nurse

40

28.5

 Policlinic nurse

16

11.5

Working hours at the current clinic

 8–16

77

55

 8–16 or 16–24

36

25.7

 16–08 or 16–24

18

12.9

 16–24 or 24–08

9

6.4

Previous clinics of practice

 Oncology/hematology clinics

91

34.9

 Internal medicine clinics

68

26.1

 Surgical clinics

47

18

 Intensive care clinics

32

12.2

 Pediatric clinics

16

6.1

 Gynecology clinics

7

2.7