Sociodemographic and employment characteristics of the sample (n=782)*
| n=782 (%) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 152 (19.4) |
| Female | 630 (80.6) |
| Age (years) | |
| 19–24 | 95 (12.1) |
| 25–30 | 176 (22.5) |
| 31–40 | 158 (20.2) |
| 41–50 | 108 (13.8) |
| 51–60 | 51 (6.5) |
| 61–70 | 12 (1.5) |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 553 (70.7) |
| Mixed | 26 (3.3) |
| Asian/British Asian | 72 (9.2) |
| Black/African/Caribbean | 72 (9.2) |
| Other | 9 (1.1) |
| Clinical discipline | |
| Clinical therapies† | 62 (7.9) |
| Emergency medicine | 89 (11.3) |
| Maternity | 137 (17.5) |
| Mental health | 174 (22.3) |
| Paediatrics | 52 (6.6) |
| Other clinical discipline‡ | 182 (23.3) |
| Non-clinical§ | 24 (3.1) |
| Current NHS role | |
| Doctor/dentist | 124 (15.8) |
| Healthcare assistant/porter | 35 (4.5) |
| Midwife | 65 (8.3) |
| Nurse | 265 (33.4) |
| Psychologist/counsellor | 34 (4.3) |
| Student | 48 (6.1) |
| Technical support/administration | 33 (4.2) |
| Other¶ | 126 (16.1) |
| Year of qualification | |
| 1965–1974 | 5 (0.6) |
| 1975–1984 | 37 (4.7) |
| 1985–1994 | 81 (10.3) |
| 1995–2004 | 114 (14.5) |
| 2005–2014 | 331 (42.3) |
| Not yet qualified | 9 (1.2) |
*Owing to missing data, columns may not total to 782.
†Clinical therapies include physiotherapy, audiology, speech and language.
‡Other clinical disciplines, for example, endocrinology, haematology, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, etc.
§Non-clinical includes, for example, administrators, chaplains, porters, receptionists, etc.
¶Other current NHS roles include physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, audiologist dietician, social worker, operating department practitioner, radiographer, phlebotomy, pharmacist, safeguarding lead, prison link worker, chaplain.
NHS, National Health Service.