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Table 1 Participant characteristic

From: Development and validation of professional competency scale for military nurses: an instrument design study

Characteristics

Categories

Total sample

(n = 565, %)

EFA sample (n = 341, %)

CFA sample (n = 224, %)

test–retest sample

(n = 20, %)

Gender

Female

550 (97.3%)

331 (97.1%)

219 (97.8%)

20 (100%)

Male

15 (2.7%)

10 (2.9%)

5 (2.2%)

0 (0%)

Marital status

Unmarried

73 (12.9%)

48 (14.1%)

25 (11.2%)

2 (10%)

Married

477 (84.4%)

284 (83.3%)

193 (86.2%)

18 (90%)

Divorced

15 (2.7%)

9 (2.6%)

6 (2.7%)

0 (0%)

Professional Title

Nurse

48 (8.5%)

31 (9.1%)

17 (7.6%)

1 (5%)

Senior nurse

225 (39.8%)

130 (38.1%)

95 (42.4%)

5 (25%)

Nurse in charge

268 (47.4%)

165 (48.4%)

103 (46.0%)

11 (55%)

Associate director

21 (3.7%)

14 (4.1%)

7 (3.1%)

3 (15%)

Director of nurses

3 (0.5%)

1 (0.3%)

2 (0.9%)

0 (0%)

Age (years)

 ≤ 29

87 (15.4%)

56 (16.4%)

31 (13.8%)

2 (10%)

30 ~ 39

347 (61.4%)

206 (60.4%)

141 (62.9%)

8 (40%)

 ≥ 40

131 (23.2%)

79 (23.2%)

52 (23.2%)

10 (50%)

Education status

College degree or lower

123 (21.8%)

76 (22.3%)

47 (21.0%)

6 (30%)

Bachelors

417 (73.8%)

252 (73.9%)

165 (73.7%)

14 (70%)

Masters or higher

25 (4.4%)

13 (3.8%)

12 (5.3%)

0 (0%)

Position

Nurse

305 (54%)

178 (54.1%)

117 (52.2%)

13 (65%)

Nurse manager

260 (46%)

153 (44.9%)

107 (47.8%)

7 (35%)

Clinical career (years)

 ≤ 5

74 (13.1%)

50 (14.7%)

24 (10.7%)

3 (15%)

6 ~ 10

105 (18.6%)

66 (19.4%)

39 (17.4%)

2 (10%)

11 ~ 15

195 (34.5%)

110 (32.3%)

85 (37.9%)

2 (10%)

16 ~ 20

99 (17.5%)

60 (17.6%)

39 (17.4%)

4 (20%)

 ≥ 21

92 (16.3%)

55 (16.1%)

37 (16.5%)

9 (45%)

Department

Medicine

178 (31.5%)

109 (32.0%)

69 (30.8%)

8 (40%)

Surgical

166 (29.4%)

113 (33.1%)

53 (23.7%)

3 (15%)

Others

221 (39.1%)

119 (34.9%)

102 (45.5%)

9 (45%)

  1. EFA represents exploratory factor analysis, CFA represents confirmatory factor analysis