Verbal Aggression from Care Recipients as a Risk Factor among Nursing Staff: A Study on Burnout in the JD-R Model Perspective

Table 1

Sociodemographic and professional characteristics of nurses and nurse’s aides.

	Nurses		Nurse’s aides
		%		%
Gender
Female	429	82.2	87	80.6
Male	90	17.2	19	17.6
Age
≤40	288	55.2	33	30.6
>41	234	44.8	75	69.4
Marital status
Married/living with partner	297	56.9	64	59.3
Single/divorced/widowed	221	42.3	43	39.8
Ward
Emergency	220	42.1	28	25.9
Medicine	302	57.9	80	74.1
Years in the health sector
≤15	307	58.8	79	73.1
>16	215	41.2	29	26.9