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Table 5 Nursing staff’s (n = 40) and residents’ (n = 31) sociodemographic characteristics

From: Assessing nursing staff’s competences in mobility support in nursing-home care: development and psychometric testing of the Kinaesthetics Competence (KC) observation instrument

Characteristics nursing staff

mean (SD)

n (%)

Age

 In years

39.1 (14.421)

 

Experience in long-term care

 In years

10.0 (8.429)

 

Working in the current institution

 In years

6.7 (6.516)

 

Gender

 Female

 

32 (80%)

 Male

 

8 (20%)

Educational level

 Registered nurse (Diploma, Bachelor)

14 (35%)

 Licensed practical nurse (3 years training)

7 (17.5%)

 Assistant nurse (up to 2 years training)

16 (40%)

 Student nurse

 

2 (5%)

 Missing information

 

1 (2.5%)

Kinaesthetics training a

 None

 

4 (10%)

 Basic training course

 

11 (27.5%)

 Advanced training course

 

16 (40%)

 Peer tutoring training

 

5 (12.5%)

 Trainer (level 1–3) and train the trainer

4 (10%)

Characteristics residents

 Age

  In years

76.9 (13.928)

 

 Living in resident home

  In years

4.2 (3.896)

 

 Gender

  Female

 

20 (64.5%)

  Male

 

11 (35.5%)

 Activity b

  Bedridden

 

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  Wheelchair-bound

 

17 (54.8%)

  Walking short distances

 

11 (35.5%)

  Regular walking

 

3 (9.7%)

 Mobility b

  Completely immobilised

 

1 (3.2%)

  Severely reduced mobility

 

12 (38.7%)

  Slightly reduced mobility

 

18 (58.1%)

  No limitations in mobility

 

0

  1. aaccording the European Kinaesthetics Association [10]; bItem on the Braden Scale [17]