Table 1.
Demographic and baseline characteristics of the study nurses
| Variables | N = 223,368 |
|---|---|
| Female sex, n (%) | 217,199 (97.24) |
| Age, years | |
| Mean (SD) | 30.74 (6.41) |
| Range | 18, 70 |
| < 25 | 31,818 (14.24) |
| 25–30 | 78,481 (35.14) |
| 30–35 | 62,092 (27.80) |
| ≥ 35 | 50,977 (22.82) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| Technical secondary school | 3779 (1.69) |
| Junior college | 62,432 (27.95) |
| Bachelor | 155,032 (69.41) |
| Master or above | 2125 (0.95) |
| Work experience, years | 8.88 |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 7 (4, 11) |
| < 4 | 52,186 (23.36) |
| 4–7 | 48,352 (21.65) |
| 7–11 | 58,934 (26.38) |
| ≥ 11 | 63,896 (28.61) |
| Levels of nurses, n (%) | |
| Nurse | 60,472 (27.07) |
| Senior nurse | 106,107(47.50) |
| Nurse-in-charge | 49,130 (22.00) |
| Associate chief nurse | 6870 (3.08) |
| Chief nurse | 789 (0.35) |
| Certified diabetes nurse | |
| Yes | 25,289 (11.32) |
| Positions held, n (%) | |
| Head nurse | 15,753 (7.05) |
| Clinical nurse | 206,986 (92.67) |
| Diabetes educator | 629 (0.28) |
| Number of beds at department | |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 46 (34, 58) |
| < 35 | 57,791 (25.87) |
| 35–45 | 42,132 (18.86) |
| 45–60 | 70,892 (31.74) |
| ≥ 60 | 52,553 (23.53) |
| Hospital setting | |
| Primary care | 1576 (0.71) |
| Secondary care | 25,465 (11.40) |
| Tertiary care | 196,327 (87.89) |
| Department affiliations | |
| ICU | 18,898 (8.46) |
| Pediatrics | 3357 (1.50) |
| Ob/Gyn | 13,264 (5.94) |
| Emergency | 10,503 (4.70) |
| Outpatient | 1432 (0.64) |
| Endocrinology | 13,912 (6.23) |
| Non-endocrinology | 71,368 (31.95) |
| Others | 29,361 (13.14) |
| Surgery | 61,273 (27.43) |