Table 1 Characteristics of respondents’ who left a comment compared to the whole sample

N

5,927

1,811

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Gender

3.68 ns

 Women

77.8

79.8

 Men

20.9

19.2

Other/Prefer not to answer

1.3

1.0

 Age

9.78^**

 35 or less

35.0

32.8

 36 to 50

39.1

37.5

 More than 50

25.9

29.7

Linguistic region

1.69 ns

 French

52.9

52.6

 Italian

5.0

4.3

 German

42.1

43.1

Work context

32.6^***

 Practice

14.5

12.1

 Home care

9.2

8.0

 Hospital

41.2

43.0

 Institution

7.7

10.3

 Pharmacy/lab

3.4

3.0

 School

1.2

2.1

 Emergency

5.8

4.9

 Multiple

14.6

15.1

 Other

2.4

1.5

Profession

24.6^***

 Nurse

52.7

55.9

 Physician

12.2

12.5

 Allied health professions

15.9

17.7

 Medical-technical

2.1

1.8

 Pharmacist

2.6

2.6

 Assistant

4.6

2.9

 Psychologist/psychotherapist

1.9

2.4

 Paramedics

6.1

4.2

 Other

1.9

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Work rate

134.3^***

 Full

34.3

49.7

 Partial

65.7

50.3

Informal caregiver role

119.9^***

 Yes

34.96

21.2

 No

65.04

78.8

Longevity in the profession

7.3^*

 5 years and less

24.1

22.1

 6 to 15 years

35.3

33.8

 16 and more

40.6

44.1

Type of schedules

3.9 ns

 Days only

60.6

62.2

 Nights only

1.10

1.5

 Days and night

38.3

36.3

Manager role

1.1 ns

 Yes

27.9

26.6

 No

72.1

73.4

Intent to stay in the profession

18.34^***

 Yes

68.4

63.0

 No

31.6

37.0

Job satisfaction

24.5^***

 Hight

72.9

66.9

 Low

27.1

33.1

Number of employer changes

18.6^***

 0 or 1

33.9

29.5

 2 or 3

32.2

31.5

 4 and more

33.9

39.0

Meaning of work

0.6 ns

 Hight

58.3

59.3

 Low

41.7

40.7

Self-reported health

3.5 ns

 Good

39.9

37.9

 Moderate

43.9

44.3

 Bad

16.2

17.8

Burnout symptoms

10.2^***

 Yes

37.3

41.5

 No

62.7

58.5