Characteristic | Department | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All departments (n = 59)1 | Pulmonology (n = 17) | Hematology (n = 19) | Internal medicine (n = 22) | P-value | |
Age, years, median (range) | 30.5 (18.0–58.0) | 30.5 (18.5–51.6) | 31.1 (21.5–58.0) | 26.7 (18.0–51.9) | 0.52 |
Female sex | 50 (84.7) | 14 (82.4) | 17 (89.5) | 19 (86.4) | 0.45 |
Profession | |||||
Nurse | 49 (83.1) | 13 (76.5) | 15 (79.0) | 21 (95.5) | 0.27 |
Physician | 9 (15.3) | 3 (17.7) | 4 (21.1) | 1 (4.6) | |
Other | 1 (1.7) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Charlson comorbidity index, median (range) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) | 0.88 |
Myocardial infarction | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Congestive cardiac insufficiency | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Peripheral vascular disease | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 2 (3.4) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.6) | 0.59 |
Conjuctive tissue disease | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Diabetes without complications | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Peptic ulcer disease | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.6) | 0.44 |
Chronic disease of the liver or cirrhosis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Hemiplegia | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Moderate or severe kidney disease | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Diabetes with chronic complications | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Solid organ malignancy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a |
Leukemia | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Lymphoma | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Moderate or severe liver disease | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Malignant tumor, metastasis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
AIDS | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Dementia | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | n.a. |
Household crowding index, median (range) | 1.3 (0.5–3) | 1.3 (1–2.5) | 1.3 (1–2) | 1.3 (0.5–3) | 0.99 |
Children (< 18 years) in household | 11 (18.6) | 5 (22.7) | 1 (5.3) | 5 (22.7) | 0.24 |