Table 1 Characteristics of nurses
Nurses | N = 111 |
|---|---|
Age, number (%) | |
20–30 years | 14 (13) |
31–40 years | 31 (28) |
41–50 years | 32 (29) |
> 50 years | 32 (29) |
Women, number (%) | 90 (81) |
Contract hours, number (%) | |
Full time | 49 (44.1) |
Part time | 62 (55.9) |
Years working in elderly care, mean (SD) | 18.6 (±9.3) |
Level of healthcare training, number (%) | |
Nurse registered | 77 (69.4) |
Nurse assistant | 34 (30.6) |
Special dementia or geriatric nursing training number (%) | 1 (1.1) |
Confrontation with sleep disturbances, number (%) | 87 (78.4) |
Proportion of nurse’s total burden caused by sleep disturbances, mean (SD) | 23.1 (±18.1) |
Special knowledge about interventions to avoid sleep disturbances, number (%) | 78 (70.3) |
Knowledge sources, number (%) | |
Nursing training | 40 (36) |
Academic Nursing Training | 1 (0.9) |
Continuous Nursing education | 45 (40.5) |
Personal work experience | 63 (56.8) |
Self study | 21 (18.9) |