Table 1 The basic characteristics of participants
From: Development and validation of the missed intensive nursing care scale
Characteristics | N(%) | Characteristics | N(%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Hospital level | Â |
 Male | 154(16.2) |  Tertiary hospital | 867(91.3) |
 Female | 796(83.3) |  Secondary hospital | 83(8.7) |
Age (years) | Â | Work department | Â |
 20 ~ 30 | 479(50.4) |  GICU | 526(55.4) |
 31 ~ 40 | 409(43.1) |  MICU | 71(7.5) |
 41 ~ 50 | 59(6.2) |  SICU | 98(10.3) |
 >50 | 3(0.3) |  EICU | 109(11.5) |
Marital status |  |  RICU | 60(6.3) |
 Single | 597(62.8) |  NICU | 69(7.3) |
 Married | 341(35.9) |  Others | 17(1.8) |
 Others | 12(1.3) | ICU specialist |  |
Education level |  |  Yes | 285(30) |
 Diploma/associate’s degree | 109(11.5) |  No | 665(70) |
 Bachelor’s degree | 818(86.1) | Average working hours per week |  |
 Master’s degree and higher | 23(2.4) |  ≤ 40 h | 394(41.5) |
Job titles |  |  41 ~ 48 h | 449(47.3) |
 Nurse | 172(18.1) |  >48 h | 107(11.3) |
 Nurse practitioner | 410(43.2) | Working shift |  |
 Nurse-in-charge | 331(34.8) |  8 h | 599(63.1) |
 Associate director | 33(3.5) |  12 h | 335(35.3) |
 Director of nurses | 4(0.4) |  Others | 16(1.7) |
Working position | Â | Average number of care patients per shift | Â |
 Staff nurse | 897(94.4) |  1 ~ 2 | 164(17.3) |
 Head nurse | 53(5.6) |  3 ~ 4 | 674(70.9) |
Years working in ICU |  |  More than 5 | 112(11.8) |
 ≤ 1 | 91(9.6) |  |  |
 1 ~ 5 | 289(30.4) |  |  |
 6 ~ 10 | 297(31.3) |  |  |
 11 ~ 19 | 232(24.4) |  |  |
 ≥ 20 | 41(4.3) |  |  |