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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: A mixed-methods study of quality differences between applied documentation approaches in nursing homes

 

Structural model

Non-structural model

All documentation approaches

Sample

Number of responses

 Total

175

75

250

 Scale structure

174

75

249

 Scale process

172

73

245

 Scale outcome

172

75

247

 Cross-dimension scale

169

73

242

Gender

Number of responses [%] a

 Female

133 [77]

58 [78]

191 [77]

 Male

40 [23]

16 [22]

56 [23]

 No answer

2

1

3

Age

Number of responses [%] a

 Under 30 years

25 [15]

19 [26]

44 [18]

 30–39 years

47 [28]

14 [19]

61 [25]

 40–49 years

38 [22]

12 [16]

50 [21]

 50–59 years

52 [30]

24 [33]

76 [30]

 60 years and older

9 [5]

4 [6]

13 [5]

 No answer

4

2

6

 

Number of years

Mean

43.5

42.1

43.1

SD

11.1

13.2

11.8

Position

Number of responses [%] a

 Nurse manager

98 [57]

31 [42]

129 [52]

 Trained nurse

71 [41]

33 [45]

104 [42]

 Nursing assistant

3 [2]

9 [12]

12 [5]

 Untrained caregiver

1 [1]

1 [1]

2 [1]

 No answer

2

1

3

Work experience

Number of years since first professional qualification

 Mean

19.9

16.7

18.9

SD

11.3

12.2

11.6

Nursing home affiliation

Number of years

 Mean

10.3

8.2

9.7

SD

8.3

7.7

8.1

Experience with the employed documentation approach

Number of responses [%]

 Less than 6 months

18 [10]

3 [4]

21 [8]

 Between 6 and 11 months

33 [19]

5 [7]

38 [15]

 More than 11 months

124 [71]

67 [89]

191 [76]

Mode of the tools employed to carry out nursing documentation

Number of responses [%] a

 Electronic

99 [57]

35 [47]

134 [54]

 Hybrid (paper-based and electronic)

49 [28]

23 [31]

72 [29]

 Paper-based

26 [15]

16 [22]

42 [17]

 No answer

1

1

2

Participation in training

Number of responses [%] a

 No training offered

19 [11]

27 [38]

46 [19]

 Only one-off training

87 [51]

20 [28]

107 [44]

 Regular training

64 [38]

24 [34]

88 [37]

  1. Abbreviation: SD Standard deviation
  2. aValid percentages only