Table 1 Demographic, professional and education characteristics (n = 921)
n | % | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Females | 756 | 82.0 |
Males | 165 | 18.0 |
Age in years | ||
22–29 | 212 | 23.0 |
30–39 | 258 | 28.1 |
40–49 | 178 | 19.3 |
≥ 50 | 273 | 29.6 |
Professional qualification | ||
Registered nurse | 376 | 40.8 |
Registered paediatric nurse | 391 | 42.5 |
Allied Health Professional | 154 | 16.7 |
Professional role | ||
Staff | 806 | 87.5 |
Manager | 79 | 8.5 |
Clinical expert | 15 | 1.7 |
Fellow | 15 | 1.7 |
Other | 6 | 0.6 |
Work experience in hospital (years) | ||
≤ 4 | 235 | 25.5 |
5–9 | 153 | 16.6 |
10–19 | 222 | 24.1 |
20–29 | 97 | 10.5 |
≥ 30 | 214 | 23.2 |
Hospital employee | ||
Yes | 774 | 84.0 |
Hospital center | ||
Main building | 616 | 66.9 |
Research laboratories and outpatients | 82 | 8.9 |
Sub-intensive neurorehabilitation, specialist medical and surgical | 197 | 21.4 |
Neurorehabilitation | 25 | 2.7 |
Branch in another region | 1 | 0.1 |
Previous work outside hospital | ||
Yes | 354 | 38.4 |
Education level | ||
Regional Diploma (RD) | 245 | 26.6 |
University Diploma (UD) | 48 | 5.2 |
Bachelor’s Degree (BD) | 537 | 58.3 |
RD + UD/BD | 54 | 5.9 |
UD + BD | 37 | 4.0 |
Education for manager roles (n = 176) | ||
Regional qualifying course for manager roles | 49 | 5.3 |
Master in Management | 127 | 13.8 |
Education for executive roles (n = 130) | ||
Master of Science in Nursing | 110 | 11.9 |
Director of Nursing Services | 10 | 1.1 |
Both | 10 | 1.1 |
Postgraduate clinical education (n = 462) | ||
Mastera | 247 | 26.8 |
Advanced Masterb | 8 | 0.87 |
Specialization course | 124 | 13.7 |
University improvement courses | 78 | 8.47 |
PhD (or PhD student) | 5 | 0.5 |
Participation in hospital research group (n = 850) | 136 | 16 |
Participation in at least one specific course about research in hospital (n = 850) | 113 | 13.3 |
Participation in other courses on research outside the hospital (n = 850) | 46 | 5.41 |