Participants worked in nine outpati

Participants worked in nine outpatient family practice clinics operated by two health care organizations in a large metropolitan area. All these clinics were quite similar in that they were traditional physicians’ offices providing nonemergency care. The organizations invited employees via e-mail to an information session. After providing study information, we directed interested attendees to our study website, where they completed a background survey (e.g., health, work schedule). Following enrollment, participants were trained to use the equipment.
Eighty-two employees expressed interest in our study, but 12 did not complete the background survey, 8 were scheduled to be away from work during the data collection period, and 1 did not meet requirements (i.e., no known hypertension, good general health). We dropped a single male from the study. Our final sample consisted of 61 women who worked at least 32 hours a week and whose jobs involved some direct contact with patients. Job titles included nurse, receptionist, medical assistant, and lab technician. Although responsibilities varied across jobs (e.g., receptionists helping with scheduling and billing issues, nurses and medical assistants helping with clinical procedures), in this clinic setting, all participants were part of the direct patient care team. The average wage was $15.93 per hour (s.d. $2.68/hour; range $11.75–$26.50). The average age of participants was 33.65 years (s.d. 10.33) and most were white/Caucasian (69%; 18%, Asian/Pacific Islander; 10% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic). Most (79%) had a two-year college degree; 18 percent had completed high school; and 3 percent had a bachelor’s degree. Average tenure at the clinic and in the current job was four years.

Kết quả (Việt) 1:

Những người tham gia làm việc trong chín phòng khám gia đình thực hành ngoại trú điều hành bởi hai tổ chức Chăm sóc sức khỏe trong một khu vực đô thị lớn. Tất cả các trạm y tế đã khá tương tự như trong đó họ đã là văn phòng bác sĩ truyền thống cung cấp chăm sóc thể. Các tổ chức mời các nhân viên qua e-mail đến một hội thảo thông tin. Sau khi cung cấp thông tin nghiên cứu, chúng tôi hướng những người tham gia quan tâm đến website nghiên cứu của chúng tôi, nơi họ đã hoàn thành một nền tảng cuộc khảo sát (ví dụ như, y tế, lịch trình làm việc). Sau khi ghi danh, những người tham gia đã được huấn luyện để sử dụng thiết bị.Eighty-two employees expressed interest in our study, but 12 did not complete the background survey, 8 were scheduled to be away from work during the data collection period, and 1 did not meet requirements (i.e., no known hypertension, good general health). We dropped a single male from the study. Our final sample consisted of 61 women who worked at least 32 hours a week and whose jobs involved some direct contact with patients. Job titles included nurse, receptionist, medical assistant, and lab technician. Although responsibilities varied across jobs (e.g., receptionists helping with scheduling and billing issues, nurses and medical assistants helping with clinical procedures), in this clinic setting, all participants were part of the direct patient care team. The average wage was $15.93 per hour (s.d. $2.68/hour; range $11.75–$26.50). The average age of participants was 33.65 years (s.d. 10.33) and most were white/Caucasian (69%; 18%, Asian/Pacific Islander; 10% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic). Most (79%) had a two-year college degree; 18 percent had completed high school; and 3 percent had a bachelor’s degree. Average tenure at the clinic and in the current job was four years.