Development of a scale measuring home-visiting nurses’ attitudes toward patient safety: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing

Table 1 Participant characteristics

		Total(n = 421)		EFA(n = 210)		CFA(n = 211)		chi-square values
Item		n	%	n	%	n	%	chi-square values	P
Age	20–39 years	84	20.0	34	16.2	50	23.7	4.131	0.124
	40–49 years	149	35.4	81	38.6	68	32.2
	≥ 50 years	184	43.7	91	43.3	93	44.1
	No answer	4	1.0	4	1.9	0	0.0
Years of nursing experience	< 10 years	31	7.4	13	6.2	18	8.5	7.109	0.068
	≥ 10 years, < 20 years	118	28.0	52	24.8	66	31.3
	≥ 20 years, < 30 years	147	34.9	86	41.0	61	28.9
	≥ 30 years	125	29.7	59	28.1	66	31.3
Years of experience as home-visiting nurse	< 2 years	100	23.8	49	23.3	51	24.2	0.589	0.906
	≥ 2 years, < 5 years	103	24.5	50	23.8	53	25.1
	≥ 5 years, < 10 years	107	25.4	57	27.1	50	23.7
	≥ 10 years	108	25.7	54	25.7	54	25.6
	No answer	3	0.7	0	0.0	3	1.4
Employment pattern	Full-time employment	324	77.0	159	75.7	165	78.2	0.486	0.561
	Part-time employment	96	22.8	51	24.3	45	21.3	0.486	0.561
	No answer	1	0.2	0	0.0	1	0.5
Job title	Administrator	76	18.1	41	19.5	35	16.6	1.482	0.526
	Staff HVN	343	81.5	169	80.5	174	82.5	1.482	0.526
	No answer	2	0.5	0	0.0	2	0.9
On night standby duty	Performing	267	63.4	129	61.4	138	65.4	0.717	0.419
	Not performing	154	36.6	81	38.6	73	34.6	0.717	0.419
Full-time equivalent	≥ 2.5, < 5	137	32.5	68	32.4	69	32.7	0.061	0.977
	≥ 5, < 7	146	34.7	74	35.2	72	34.1
	≥ 7	138	32.8	68	32.4	70	32.8

EFA/CFA: chi-square test, items with a cell size of 5 or less are Fisher’s exact test

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