Table 1.
Demographic and personal characteristics of the responding nurses.
| Iranian Sample | Italian Sample Di Muzio et al. [17] |
|
|---|---|---|
| Variables | N (%) | |
| Age, years | ||
| Mean (range) | 36.52 | 39.9 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 9 (20.5) | 169 (31.9) |
| Female | 35 (79.5) | 360 (68.1) |
| Educational qualification | ||
| University degree in nursing | 44 (100) | 301 (56.9) |
| Non-university qualification | 0 | 228 (43.1) |
| Postgraduate training courses | ||
| Master courses | 3 (6.8) | 144 (88.3) |
| Other | 41 (93.2) | 19 (11.7) |
| Years of work | ||
| Mean (range) | 10.98 | 13.10 |
| Medication management training in university degree | ||
| No | 19 (43.2) | 31 (5.9) |
| Yes | 25 (56.8) | 498 (94.1) |
| Medication management training in post-degree university courses | ||
| No | 19 (43.2) | 126 (37.6) |
| Yes | 25 (56.8) | 209 (62.4) |
| English language | ||
| Very low | 7 (15.9) | 100 (18.9) |
| Low | 13 (29.5) | 164 (31.0) |
| Good | 22 (50.0) | 90 (17.0) |
| Very good | 2 (4.5) | 23 (4.3) |
| Having the Internet at Work | ||
| No | 5 (11.4) | 146 (27.7) |
| Yes | 39 (88.6) | 382 (72.3) |
| Having the library access at work | ||
| No | 23 (52.3) | 146 (27.7) |
| Yes | 21 (47.7) | 382 (72.3) |
| The number of hours per week dedicated to the learning | ||
| <1 | 38 (86.5) | 332 (62.8) |
| 2–5 | 6 (13.6) | 164 (31.0) |
| 6–10 | - | 24 (4.5) |
| >10 | - | 9 (1.7) |