Table 1 Demographic characteristics and comparison of nurses’ EBPMP behavior scores with different characteristics (n = 2124)
Nurses [n (%)] | Behavioral status score | t/F-value | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | ||||
Sex | -1.415 | 0.157 | |||
Male | 60(2.82) | 80.70 | 17.43 | ||
Female | 2064(97.18) | 83.64 | 15.81 | ||
Age | 1.819 | 0.162 | |||
20–29 | 844(39.74) | 83.57 | 15.77 | ||
30–39 | 1009(47.50) | 83.11 | 16.05 | ||
≥ 40 | 271(12.76) | 85.18 | 15.38 | ||
Hospital department | 2.732 | 0.010 | |||
Emergency department | 80(3.77) | 80.94 | 15.70 | ||
Intensive care unit | 92(4.33) | 84.51 | 14.31 | ||
Internal medicine | 885(41.67) | 84.34 | 16.07 | ||
Obstetrics and gynecology | 105(4.94) | 83.50 | 17.47 | ||
Ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology | 92(4.33) | 84.59 | 15.68 | ||
Pediatrics | 144(6.78) | 77.98 | 19.76 | ||
Psychiatry | 14(0.66) | 89.79 | 13.10 | ||
Surgery | 712(33.52) | 83.64 | 14.49 | ||
Working years | 2 | 0.076 | |||
≤ 2 | 327(15.40) | 81.65 | 16.28 | ||
3–5 | 343(16.15) | 84.97 | 15.47 | ||
6–10 | 548(25.80) | 83.38 | 15.70 | ||
11–15 | 547(25.75) | 83.25 | 16.26 | ||
16–20 | 167(7.86) | 84.08 | 16.51 | ||
>20 | 192(9.04) | 85.20 | 14.29 | ||
Education level | 0.99 | 0.372 | |||
Below the undergraduate | 505(23.78) | 83.54 | 15.96 | ||
Undergraduate | 1602(75.42) | 83.62 | 15.82 | ||
Master and above | 17(0.80) | 78.18 | 16.87 | ||
Professional titles | 1.496 | 0.224 | |||
Primary title | 1368(64.41) | 83.51 | 15.80 | ||
Intermediate title | 668(31.45) | 83.28 | 16.16 | ||
Senior title | 88(4.14) | 86.38 | 14.31 | ||
Grade-A tertiary hospital | -0.122 | 0.903 | |||
Yes | 1947(91.67) | 83.54 | 15.83 | ||
No | 177(8.33) | 83.69 | 16.30 | ||
Pain pilot hospital | 0.113 | 0.910 | |||
Yes | 1224(57.63) | 83.59 | 15.98 | ||
No | 900(42.37) | 83.51 | 15.70 | ||
Attitudes towards pain management | 5.662 | <0.001 | |||
Perceived pain management as important | 2100(98.87) | 83.76 | 15.71 | ||
Perceived pain management as unimportant | 24(1.13) | 65.46 | 18.82 | ||
Attended pain management education and training | 14.751 | <0.001 | |||
Yes | 1194(56.21) | 87.92 | 13.63 | ||
No | 930(43.79) | 77.95 | 16.75 | ||
Attitudes towards pain management training | 4.979 | <0.001 | |||
Desire for more pain management training | 1919(90.35) | 84.11 | 15.68 | ||
No desire for more pain management training | 205(9.65) | 78.34 | 16.64 | ||