Nurses’ knowledge, attitude, and fall prevention practices at south Korean hospitals: a cross-sectional survey

BMC Nursing

Table 1 Differences in knowledge, attitudes, and engagement in fall-prevention activities according to participants’ characteristics (N = 162)

Characteristics	n	Knowledge				Attitude				Fall-prevention activities
Characteristics		M	SD	χ²	p	M	SD	χ²	p	M	SD	χ² (p)	p
Age
< 30 years	70	6.96	1.48	0.72	.488	3.78	0.38	1.04	.356	3.27	0.48	0.52	.597
30–39 years	59	6.64	1.74			3.80	0.32			3.27	0.50
≥ 40 years	33	6.94	1.43			3.88	0.30			3.37	0.52
Sex
Male	5	7.20	0.84	0.56^a	.578	3.75	0.15	0.64^a	.525	3.21	0.45	0.49^a	.628
Female	157	6.83	1.59			3.81	0.35			3.29	0.50
Educational level
Community college	81	6.79	1.73	0.76	.685	3.82	0.35	0.93	.630	3.30	0.49	0.68	.713
University	77	6.91	1.43			3.80	0.34			3.28	0.51
Master’s degree or higher	4		0.58			3.69	0.32			3.13	0.49
Work experience
< 5 years	62	6.92	1.54	0.51^a	.611	3.73	0.40	2.25^a	.026	3.25	0.51	0.75^a	.455
≥ 5 years	100	6.79	1.59			3.85	0.29			3.31	30.49
Department
Internal medicine	20	7.05	1.54	6.78	.079	3.82	0.24	0.85	.838	3.38	0.51	1.54	.674
Surgery	101	7.00	1.61			3.79	0.39			3.25	0.50
Intensive care unit	22	6.32	1.13			3.85	0.25			3.34	0.50
Other	14	6.21	1.58			3.82	0.29			3.31	0.52
Experience of patient falling
No	80	6.54	1.60	2.46^a	.015	3.76	0.32	1.61^a	.110	3.26	0.51	0.82^a	.415
Yes	82	7.13	1.49			3.85	0.37			3.32	0.49
Number of patient falls experienced
1	32	7.25	1.68	5.89	.207	3.82	0.33	0.89	.926	3.30	0.54	1.21	.877
2	22	6.55	1.10			3.82	0.40			3.39	0.48
3	14	7.43	1.55			3.90	0.44			3.34	0.44
4	5	7.80	1.48			3.94	0.22			3.11	0.61
≥ 5	9	7.33	1.32			3.91	0.41			3.30	0.39
Fall-prevention education
No	35	6.86	1.59	0.08^a	.940	3.73	0.26	1.56^a	.122	3.14	0.57	1.95^a	.053
Yes	127	6.83	1.57			3.83	0.36			3.33	0.47

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