Table 1 Characteristics of the participants
From: Psychometric evaluation of the Ethical Caring Competency Scale in nursing
|  |  | n = 962 |
|---|---|---|
Variables | n | % |
Facilities | ||
 Hospital A at baseline | 452 | 47.0 |
 Hospital A after 1 year | 425 | 44.2 |
 Hospital B | 85 | 8.8 |
Nursing experience (years) | ||
 0-2 | 180 | 18.7 |
 3-9 | 291 | 30.2 |
 10-19 | 220 | 22.9 |
 20-29 | 189 | 19.6 |
  ≥ 30 | 71 | 7.4 |
 Unknown | 11 | 1.1 |
Sex | ||
 Female | 886 | 92.1 |
 Male | 67 | 7.1 |
 Unknown | 9 | 0.8 |
Educational background | ||
 Nursing school (2-year course) | 90 | 9.4 |
 Nursing school (3-year course) | 656 | 68.2 |
 Junior college graduate | 85 | 8.8 |
 College graduate | 110 | 11.4 |
 Graduate school | 11 | 1.2 |
 Unknown/other | 10 | 1.0 |
Study experience in nursing/medical ethics | ||
 Yes | 567 | 58.9 |
 No | 389 | 40.4 |
 Unknown | 6 | 0.6 |
Effort to prevent physical restraint | ||
 Yes | 656 | 68.2 |
 No | 283 | 29.4 |
 Unknown | 23 | 2.4 |