Table 1.
Participants demographics before and after propensity score (PS) matching
| Variables | Before PS Matching | After PS Matching (1:1) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Non-nurses | Nurse | p -value | Total | Non-nurses | Nurse | p -value | ||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Total participants | 374173 | 100.00 | 303498 | 81.11 | 70675 | 18.89 | 111670 | 100.00 | 55835 | 50.00 | 55835 | 50.00 | |||
| Age | <0.001 | 1.000 | |||||||||||||
| <25 | 59213 | 15.83 | 39267 | 12.94 | 19946 | 28.22 | 24912 | 22.31 | 12456 | 22.31 | 12456 | 22.31 | |||
| 25–34 | 107621 | 28.76 | 76758 | 25.29 | 30863 | 43.67 | 47271 | 42.33 | 23628 | 42.32 | 23643 | 42.34 | |||
| 35–44 | 88584 | 23.67 | 74351 | 24.50 | 14233 | 20.14 | 28221 | 25.27 | 14118 | 25.29 | 14103 | 25.26 | |||
| 45–54 | 54406 | 14.54 | 49631 | 16.35 | 4775 | 6.76 | 9550 | 8.55 | 4775 | 8.55 | 4775 | 8.55 | |||
| 55–64 | 32444 | 8.67 | 31771 | 10.47 | 673 | 0.95 | 1346 | 1.21 | 673 | 1.21 | 673 | 1.21 | |||
| ≧65 | 31905 | 8.53 | 31720 | 10.45 | 185 | 0.26 | 370 | 0.33 | 185 | 0.33 | 185 | 0.33 | |||
| Average age (Mean, Std) | 40.13 | 15.05 | 42.20 | 15.48 | 31.23 | 8.48 | 32.79 | 8.97 | 33.04 | 9.10 | 32.54 | 8.83 | |||
| Monthly salary(NT$) | <0.001 | 1.000 | |||||||||||||
| Low-income household | 1326 | 0.35 | 1312 | 0.43 | 14 | 0.02 | 28 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.03 | |||
| ≦17280 | 47252 | 12.63 | 42573 | 14.03 | 4679 | 6.62 | 9358 | 8.38 | 4679 | 8.38 | 4679 | 8.38 | |||
| 17281 ~ 22800 | 141273 | 37.76 | 134297 | 44.25 | 6976 | 9.87 | 13952 | 12.49 | 6976 | 12.49 | 6976 | 12.49 | |||
| 22801 ~ 28800 | 71049 | 18.99 | 61248 | 20.18 | 9801 | 13.87 | 19602 | 17.55 | 9801 | 17.55 | 9801 | 17.55 | |||
| 28801 ~ 36300 | 34972 | 9.35 | 23113 | 7.62 | 11859 | 16.78 | 20061 | 17.96 | 10023 | 17.95 | 10038 | 17.98 | |||
| 36301 ~ 45800 | 44721 | 11.95 | 20443 | 6.74 | 24278 | 34.35 | 27366 | 24.51 | 13680 | 24.50 | 13686 | 24.51 | |||
| 45801 ~ 57800 | 24273 | 6.49 | 14628 | 4.82 | 9645 | 13.65 | 16136 | 14.45 | 8068 | 14.45 | 8068 | 14.45 | |||
| ≧57801 | 9291 | 2.48 | 5868 | 1.93 | 3423 | 4.84 | 5167 | 4.63 | 2594 | 4.65 | 2573 | 4.61 | |||
| Missing data | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| CCI | <0.001 | 0.980 | |||||||||||||
| 0 | 93747 | 25.05 | 76960 | 25.36 | 16787 | 23.75 | 28218 | 25.27 | 14109 | 25.27 | 14109 | 25.27 | |||
| 1 ~ 3 | 127818 | 34.16 | 98810 | 32.56 | 29008 | 41.04 | 43511 | 38.96 | 21796 | 39.04 | 21715 | 38.89 | |||
| 4 ~ 6 | 87823 | 23.47 | 71246 | 23.47 | 16577 | 23.46 | 26529 | 23.76 | 13224 | 23.68 | 13305 | 23.83 | |||
| 7 ~ 9 | 42956 | 11.48 | 36932 | 12.17 | 6024 | 8.52 | 9815 | 8.79 | 4912 | 8.80 | 4903 | 8.78 | |||
| ≧10 | 21829 | 5.83 | 19550 | 6.44 | 2279 | 3.22 | 3597 | 3.22 | 1794 | 3.21 | 1803 | 3.23 | |||
| Average CCI(Mean, Std) | 3.38 | 3.34 | 3.48 | 3.43 | 2.93 | 2.89 | 2.93 | 2.90 | 2.92 | 2.89 | 2.93 | 2.92 | |||
CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; PS, propensity score
It’s 30 New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) per US dollar
p -value was considered significant at p < 0.05