Table 1.
Comparison of demographic characteristics, personal care experience and attitudes towards mental disorders between nursing education with and without psychiatric clinical practice (N=1324).
| Variable | Total N (%) |
without PCP N (%) |
with PCP N (%) |
OR (95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||||
| Nurses | 603 (45.5%) | 39 (6.2%) | 564 (81.0%) | ref. |
| Nursing interns | 721 (54.5%) | 589 (93.8%) | 132 (19.0%) | 0.02 (0.01 ~ 0.02)*** |
| Age (year) | ||||
| 16–25 | 843 (63.7%) | 623 (99.2%) | 220 (31.6%) | ref. |
| 26–35 | 346 (26.1%) | 4 (0.6%) | 342 (49.1%) | 242.12 (89.28 ~ 656.58)*** |
| 36–55 | 135 (10.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | 134 (19.3%) | 379.46 (52.75 ~ 2729.90)*** |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 106 (8.0%) | 57 (9.1%) | 49 (7.0%) | ref. |
| Female | 1218 (92.0%) | 571 (90.9%) | 647 (93.0%) | 1.32 (0.89 ~ 1.96) |
| Education level | ||||
| Junior college and below | 739 (55.8%) | 549 (86.6%) | 190 (26.6%) | ref. |
| Bachelor’s degree and above | 585 (44.2%) | 79 (11.9%) | 506 (65.2%) | 18.51 (13.86 ~ 24.71)*** |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 400 (30.2%) | 2 (0.3%) | 398 (57.2%) | ref. |
| Unmarried | 916 (69.2%) | 626 (99.7%) | 290 (41.7%) | 0.002 (0.001 ~ 0.01)** |
| Divorced or widowed | 8 (0.6%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (1.1%) | NA |
| Only child | ||||
| The only child | 519 (39.2%) | 230 (36.6%) | 289 (41.5%) | ref. |
| Not the only child | 805 (60.8%) | 398 (63.4%) | 407 (58.5%) | 0.81 (0.65 ~ 1.02) |
| Long-term residence | ||||
| Rural area | 344 (26.0%) | 302 (48.1%) | 42 (6.0%) | ref. |
| Town | 255 (19.3%) | 178 (28.3%) | 77 (11.1%) | 3.11 (2.05 ~ 4.73)*** |
| Urban area | 725 (54.7%) | 148 (23.6%) | 577 (82.9%) | 28.03 (19.37 ~ 40.58)*** |
| Personal care experience | ||||
| No | 1095 (82.7%) | 538 (85.7%) | 557 (80.0%) | ref. |
| Yes | 229 (17.3%) | 90 (14.3%) | 139 (20.0%) | 1.49 (1.12 ~ 2.00)** |
| Authoritarianism (Mean ± SD) | 2.78 ± 0.33 | 2.95 ± 0.38 | 3.57 (2.60 ~ 4.91)*** | |
| Benevolence (Mean ± SD) | 1.95 ± 0.48 | 1.77 ± 0.43 | 0.43 (0.34 ~ 0.54)*** | |
| SR (Mean ± SD) | 2.76 ± 0.39 | 2.80 ± 0.41 | 1.34 (1.02 ~ 1.76)* | |
| CMHI (Mean ± SD) | 2.19 ± 0.41 | 2.05 ± 0.49 | 0.51 (0.40 ~ 0.65)*** | |
PCP, psychiatric clinical practice; SR, social restrictiveness; CMHI, community mental health ideology; NA, not available. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001. Reference group is without PCP.