Experiences of frontline nursing staff on workplace safety and occupational health hazards in two psychiatric hospitals in Ghana

Table 1 Demographic and professional characteristics of respondents in APH and PPH (n = 296)

Characteristics	Statistic
	Freq.	%^c
Gender
Male	105	35
Female	191	65
Age
≤ 30 years	170	57
31–60 years	64	22
Missing data^d	62	21
Professional Category
Professional Nurses	179	60
Nurse-Assistants	115	39
Missing data^d	2	1
Work schedules
Alternate between day and night shifts	145	49
Permanent day shift only	142	48
Permanent night shift only	3	1
Missing data^d	6	2
Work Experience
More Experienced^a	148	50
Less Experienced^b	145	49
Missing data^d	3	1

Source: Field Data (2010)
Legend: APH Accra Psychiatric Hospital, PPH Pantang Psychiatric Hospital, n sample size
^aModeled in this study to mean workers who worked for 2 years or more
^bModeled in this study to mean Workers who worked for 1 year or less
^cAll percentages have been rounded up to the nearest decimal point
^dNumber of respondents who did not answer those questions

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