Table 1.
Characteristics of participants and their facilities.
| Variables | Percentage of missing values | Categories/characteristics | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participants | |||
| Job type | 0.01) | Physician | 47.8 |
| Nurse | 17.6 | ||
| Clinical engineer | 24.2 | ||
| Clerical staff | 8.1 | ||
| Others/nonresponse | 2.3 | ||
| Position | 0.01) | Director of the facility | 33.1 |
| Office manager | 7.9 | ||
| Head of the dialysis department | 31.5 | ||
| Chief nurse | 12.8 | ||
| Chief clinical engineer | 7.4 | ||
| Others/nonresponse | 7.4 | ||
| Cognitive factors | |||
| Hazard belief | 0.2 | Mean (SD) | 9.15 (1.53) |
| Outcome expectancy | 1.5 | Mean (SD) | 9.09 (1.65) |
| Self-efficacy | 1.4 | Mean (SD) | 7.63 (1.67) |
| Self-responsibility | 0.8 | Mean (SD) | 11.0 (1.34) |
| Support from surroundings | 2.1 | Mean (SD) | 8.67 (1.71) |
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| Facility characteristics | |||
| Location of the facilities by the eight regional divisions | 0.6 | Hokkaido | 4.9 |
| Tohoku | 6.8 | ||
| Kanto | 22.2 | ||
| Chubu | 20.6 | ||
| Kansai | 15.4 | ||
| Chugoku | 7.0 | ||
| Shikoku | 5.6 | ||
| Kyushu | 17.5 | ||
| Founder and size | 1.2 | Public hospitals | 15.1 |
| Private hospitals | 29.9 | ||
| Clinics | 55.0 | ||
| Number of total dialysis patients | 1.4 | First quartile: 60 or less patients | 27.3 |
| Second quartile: 61–100 | 24.1 | ||
| Third quartile: 101–160 | 24.7 | ||
| Fourth quartile: above 160 | 23.9 | ||
1)As cases with missing values were added under the “Others” category, the percentage of missing values was 0.