Research Article
Relationship-Based Care and Behaviours of Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities
Table 2
Caregivers’ characteristics (
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| Continuous variables | Mean (standard deviation) |
| Age | 47.3 (3.4) | Years of experience in the institution | 15.8 (6.5) | Years working on the patient care unit | 10.5 (8.0) | Number of months since RBC training | 22.5 (19.4) |
| Categorical variables | Frequency (%) |
| Position | | Patient attendant (orderly) | 5 (83.3) | Nursing assistant | 1 (16.7) | Sex | | Women | 5 (83.3) | Men | 1 (16.7) | Work shift | | Day | 5 (83.3) | Evening | 1 (16.7) |
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