Baseline participant characteristics*
| Variables | Physicians n=149 | Nurses n=320 | p Value† |
| Male gender | 63 (44.4%) | 58 (19.2%) | <0.001 |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | ||
| 20–30 | 2 (1.3%) | 47 (14.8%) | |
| 30–40 | 46 (30.9%) | 152 (47.8%) | |
| 40–50 | 71 (47.7%) | 113 (35.5%) | |
| >50 | 30 (20.1%) | 6 (1.9%) | |
| Personal experience of losing a close family member | 90 (60.4%) | 172 (55.1%) | NS |
| Working experience (years) | <0.001 | ||
| <2 | 42 (28.2%) | 39 (12.4%) | |
| 2–5 | 13 (8.7%) | 58 (18.4) | |
| 5–10 | 28 (18.8%) | 89 (28.3%) | |
| 10–15 | 32 (21.5%) | 77 (24.4%) | |
| >15 | 34 (22.8%) | 52 (16.5%) | |
| Job title | NA | ||
| ICU medical director | 23 (15.4%) | NA*** | |
| Senior ICU physician | 45 (30.2%) | NA | |
| Fellow physician | 26 (17.4%) | NA | |
| Resident | 44 (29.5%) | NA | |
| Head nurse | NA | 34 (10.6%) | |
| Nurse | NA | 227 (70.9%) | |
| Assistant nurse | NA | 48 (15.0%) | |
| Physiotherapist | NA | 9 (2.8%) | |
| Hospital type | 0.031 | ||
| University | 82 (55.0%) | 142 (44.4%) | |
| General | 67 (45.0%) | 178 (55.6%) | |
| Job satisfaction | 0.001 | ||
| Low | 3 (2.1%) | 22 (6.9%) | |
| Moderate | 25 (17.1%) | 95 (29.7%) | |
| High | 118 (80.8%) | 203 (63.4%) |
*Table entries represent numbers with related percentages (n, %).
†Statistical comparisons were performed with Χ2 test of independence between two categorical variables (one dichotomous ‘physician/nurse’ and the second with two or more groups, respectively).
ICU, intensive care unit; NA, not applicable; NS, non-significant.