TABLE 3.
Single‐factor analysis of ICU nurses' MDRPI knowledge, attitude, and practice scores [n (%)] (N = 322).
| Variables | Knowledge | Attitude | Practice | χ2 values | P‐value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pass | Fail | Pass | Fail | Pass | Fail | |||
| Age | 161.30 | 0.033 | ||||||
| 18 to 30 | 135 (57.20%) | 64 (74.40%) | 164 (58.60%) | 35 (83.30%) | 160 (59.00%) | 39 (76.50%) | ||
| 31 to 40 | 88 (37.30%) | 22 (25.60%) | 103 (16.80%) | 7 (16.70%) | 99 (36.50%) | 11 (21.60%) | ||
| >40 | 13 (5.50%) | 0 | 13 (4.60%) | 0 | 12 (4.40%) | 1 (2.00%) | ||
| Gender | 126.70 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Male | 35 (14.80%) | 25 (29.10%) | 49 (17.50%) | 11 (26.20%) | 51 (18.80%) | 9 (17.60%) | ||
| Female | 201 (85.20%) | 61 (70.90%) | 231 (82.50%) | 31 (73.80%) | 220 (81.20%) | 42 (82.40%) | ||
| Years of working | 80.70 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 1 to 2 | 51 (21.60%) | 40 (46.50%) | 70 (25.00%) | 21 (50.00%) | 70 (25.80%) | 21 (41.20%) | ||
| 3 to 5 | 51 (21.60%) | 18 (20.90%) | 56 (20.00%) | 13 (31.00%) | 56 (20.70%) | 13 (25.50%) | ||
| 6 to 10 | 85 (36.00%) | 19 (22.10%) | 99 (35.40%) | 5 (11.90%) | 93 (34.30%) | 11 (21.60%) | ||
| 11 to 20 | 35 (14.80%) | 8 (9.30%) | 40 (14.30%) | 3 (7.10%) | 38 (14.00%) | 5 (9.80%) | ||
| >20 | 14 (5.90%) | 1 (1.20%) | 15 (5.40%) | 0 | 14 (5.20%) | 1 (2.00%) | ||
| Professional title | 116.20 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Nurse | 66 (28.00%) | 46 (53.50%) | 86 (30.70%) | 26 (61.90%) | 86 (31.70%) | 26 (51.00%) | ||
| Senior nurse | 103 (43.60%) | 26 (30.20%) | 115 (41.10%) | 14 (33.30%) | 110 (40.60%) | 19 (37.30%) | ||
| Supervisor nurse | 64 (27.10%) | 14 (16.30%) | 76 (27.10%) | 2 (4.80%) | 73 (26.90%) | 5 (9.80%) | ||
| Associate chief nurse or above | 3 (1.30%) | 0 | 3 (1.10%) | 0 | 2 (0.70%) | 1 (2.00%) | ||
| Position | 508.30 | <0.001 | ||||||
| General nurse | 215 (91.10%) | 83 (96.50%) | 257 (91.80%) | 41 (97.60%) | 249 (91.90%) | 49 (96.10%) | ||
| Pressure sore organisation liaison officer | 13 (5.50%) | 3 (3.50%) | 15 (5.40%) | 1 (2.40%) | 15 (5.50%) | 1 (2.00%) | ||
| Head nurse | 8 (3.40%) | 0 | 8 (2.90%) | 0 | 7 (2.60%) | 1 (2.00%) | ||
| Education background | 228.00 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Masters or above | 4 (1.70%) | 0 | 4 (1.40%) | 0 | 1 (1.50%) | 0 | ||
| Bachelor degree | 175 (74.20%) | 49 (57.00%) | 204 (72.90%) | 20 (47.60%) | 198 (73.10%) | 26 (51.00%) | ||
| Three‐year college education or below | 57 (24.20%) | 37 (43.00%) | 72 (25.70%) | 22 (52.40%) | 69 (25.50%) | 25 (49.00%) | ||
| Form of employment | 341.20 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Contract system | 182 (77.10%) | 79 (91.90%) | 221 (78.90%) | 40 (95.20%) | 215 (79.30%) | 46 (90.20%) | ||
| Personnel Agents | 6 (2.50%) | 0 | 6 (2.10%) | 0 | 6 (2.20%) | 0 | ||
| Preparation | 48 (20.30%) | 7 (8.10%) | 53 (18.90%) | 2 (4.80%) | 50 (18.50%) | 5 (9.80%) | ||
| Nursing Competence Level | 264.60 | <0.001 | ||||||
| N0 | 6 (2.50%) | 5.8 (5.80%) | 6 (2.10%) | 5 (11.90%) | 4 (1.50%) | 7 (13.70%) | ||
| N1 | 86 (36.40%) | 49 (57.00%) | 111 (39.60%) | 24 (57.10%) | 110 (40.60%) | 25 (49.00%) | ||
| N2 | 108 (45.80%) | 27 (31.40%) | 123 (43.90%) | 12 (28.60%) | 118 (43.50%) | 17 (33.30%) | ||
| N3 | 29 (12.30%) | 5 (5.80%) | 33 (11.80%) | 1 (2.40%) | 32 (11.80%) | 2 (3.90%) | ||
| N4 | 7 (3.00%) | 0 | 7 (2.50%) | 0 | 7 (2.60%) | 0 | ||
| Training | 250.70 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 183 (81.80%) | 38 (44.20%) | 210 (75.00%) | 21 (50.00%) | 203 (74.90%) | 28 (54.90%) | ||
| No | 43 (18.20%) | 48 (55.80%) | 70 (25.00%) | 21 (50.00%) | 68 (25.10%) | 23 (45.10%) | ||
Note: 0 cells (0.0%) have an expected frequency of less than 5 and the pearson χ2 test was chosen.