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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics (N = 290)

From: Translation and validation of Chinese version of sense of competence in dementia care staff scale in healthcare providers: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

n (%) a

Age, (mean ± SD)

37.2 ± 12.1 (range: 20–67)

Clinical experience (year) b, median (interquartile)

6 (2,10) (range: 0–35)

Sex

Male

66 (22.8)

Female

222 (76.6)

Education level

Junior high school or below

75 (25.9)

Junior college

97 (33.5)

College degree and above

117 (40.3)

Workplace

Tertiary hospitals

70 (24.1)

Other hospitals

19 (6.6)

Nursing homes

187 (64.5)

Profession

Care assistants

82 (28.3)

Health professionals

205 (70.7)

  1. Note. a frequency (percentage), unless specified; b skewed distributed (Skewness value = 1.992, Kurtosis value = 4.838)