Effect of Local Warm Compression on Restless Leg Syndrome and Fatigue among Critical Care Nurses: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of CCNs.

Variables		Intervention (N = 60)		Control (N = 60)		value
		N	%	N	%
Marital status	Single	49	87.1	42	71.2	0.18
	Married	11	18.3	17	28.8
Employment status	Formal employment	29	48.3	32	54.2	0.86
	Contract employment	15	25	15	25.4
	Human resources plan	10	16.7	8	13.6
	Contractual employment	6	10	4	6.8
Shift	Fixed shift	1	1.7	5	8.5	0.09
	Shift rotation	58	98.3	54	91.5
Work experience (year)	≤5	19	32.2	10	16.9	0.06
	6-10	24	40.7	23	39
	11-15	5	8.5	16	27.1
	16-20	8	13.6	8	13.6
	21-25	3	5.1	2	3.4
Critical care work experience (year)	≤5	42	70	39	66.1	0.49
	6-10	16	26.7	15	25.4
	11-15	2	3.3	5	8.5
Second job	Yes	2	3.3	1	1.7
	No	58	96.7	58	98.3
Age (year)		34.4 ± 6.6	34.6 ± 7.2	0.87
Overtime hours per month (hour)		43.4 ± 24.5	45.8 ± 22.3	0.57

N: frequency; %: percent; : value; CCN: critical care nurse.