Table 1 Characteristics of the 10-country sample (n = 557)
Characteristics | Czech Republic (n = 15) | Finland (n = 233) | Germany (n = 63) | Iceland (n = 22) | Ireland (n = 22) | Italy (n = 33) | Lithuania (n = 57) | Portugal (n = 32) | Slovakia (n = 16) | Spain (n = 64) | Total (n = 551–557) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years)a, T2, Mean (SD) | 27.7 (8.7) | 30.2 (7.6) | 25.0 (5.5) | 28.5 (5.2) | 26.0 (6.3) | 24.0 (2.2) | 26.6 (7.4) | 22.9 (2.0) | 24.5 (3.4) | 26.2 (7.4) | 27.5 (7.2) |
Min–max | 23–49 | 22–57 | 21–49 | 23–42 | 21–43 | 22–32 | 21–61 | 21–31 | 22–36 | 21–57 | 21–61 |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Gendera, T2 | |||||||||||
Female | 14 (93.3) | 202 (87.4) | 44 (74.6) | 21 (95.4) | 18 (81.8) | 27 (81.8) | 55 (96.5) | 26 (81.2) | 15 (93.7) | 57 (89.1) | 479 (86.9) |
Male | 1 (6.7) | 29 (12.6) | 15 (25.4) | 1 (4.6) | 4 (18.2) | 6 (18.2) | 2 (3.5) | 6 (18.8) | 1 (6.3) | 7 (10.9) | 72 (13.1) |
Satisfaction with nursing educationa, T1 | |||||||||||
Satisfied / very satisfied | 10 (66.7) | 178 (80.9) | 47 (79.7) | 20 (100) | 16 (88.9) | 30 (90.9) | 46 (83.6) | 27 (90.0) | 16 (100) | 56 (94.9) | 446 (85.0) |
Unsatisfied / very unsatisfied | 5 (33.3) | 42 (19.1) | 12 (20.3) | 0 | 2 (11.1) | 3 (9.1) | 9 (16.4) | 3 (10.0) | 0 | 3 (5.1) | 79 (15.0) |
Level of study achievementsa, T1 | |||||||||||
Excellent | 0 | 26 (11.8) | 8 (13.6) | 4 (20.0) | 4 (22.2) | 5 (15.2) | 8 (14.6) | 9 (28.1) | 2 (12.5) | 11 (18.6) | 77 (14.6) |
Good | 13 (86.7) | 188 (85.5) | 51 (86.4) | 16 (80.0) | 14 (77.8) | 28 (84.8) | 44 (80.0) | 23 (71.9) | 14 (87.5) | 45 (76.3) | 436 (82.7) |
Very poor / poor | 2 (13.3) | 6 (2.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (5.4) | 0 | 0 | 3 (5.1) | 14 (2.7) |
Nursing as the 1st study choicea (Yes), T1 | 11 (78.6) | 205 (88.7) | 33 (55.9) | 11 (50.0) | 19 (86.4) | 30 (90.9) | 35 (61.4) | 28 (87.5) | 13 (81.3) | 44 (68.8) | 429 (78.0) |
Nurse competence (NCS)a, T1 | |||||||||||
VAS < 50 | 0 | 40 (17.7) | 5 (8.3) | 1 (5.0) | 3 (13.6) | 0 | 27 (48.2) | 3 (9.4) | 5 (31.3) | 7 (11.5) | 91 (16.9) |
VAS > 50–75 | 9 (60.0) | 140 (62.0) | 43 (71.7) | 13 (65.0) | 15 (68.2) | 24 (75.0) | 25 (44.6) | 20 (62.5) | 8 (50.0) | 36 (59.0) | 333 (61.7) |
VAS > 75–100 | 6 (40.0) | 46 (20.3) | 12 (20.0) | 6 (30.0) | 4 (18.2) | 8 (25.0) | 4 (7.2) | 9 (28.1) | 3 (18.7) | 18 (29.5) | 116 (21.5) |
Intention to stay in nursinga, T1 | |||||||||||
Fairly often / very often | 12 (80.0) | 171 (73.4) | 38 (64.4) | 16 (72.7) | 15 (68.2) | 31 (93.9) | 43 (75.4) | 23 (71.9) | 15 (93.8) | 59 (92.2) | 423 (76.5) |
Never / fairly seldom | 3 (20.0) | 62 (26.6) | 21 (35.6) | 6 (27.3) | 7 (31.8) | 2 (6.1) | 14 (24.6) | 9 (28.1) | 1 (6.2) | 5 (7.8) | 222 (23.5) |
Satisfied with current job, T2 | |||||||||||
Agree | 12 (80.0) | 207 (88.8) | 55 (87.3) | 22 (100) | 20 (90.9) | 28 (84.8) | 51 (89.5) | 27 (84.4) | 14 (87.5) | 56 (87.5) | 492 (88.3) |
Disagree | 3 (20.0) | 26 (11.2) | 8 (12.7) | 0 | 2 (9.1) | 5 (15.2) | 6 (10.5) | 5 (15.6) | 2 (12.5) | 8 (12.5) | 65 (11.7) |
Satisfied with the quality of care in the workplace, T2 | |||||||||||
Agree | 12 (80.0) | 201 (86.3) | 52 (82.5) | 20 (90.9) | 20 (90.9) | 26 (78.8) | 50 (87.7) | 29 (90.6) | 12 (75.0) | 59 (92.2) | 481 (86.4) |
Disagree | 3 (20.0) | 32 (13.7) | 11 (17.5) | 2 (9.1) | 2 (9.1) | 7 (21.2) | 7 (12.3) | 3 (9.4) | 4 (25.0) | 5 (7.8) | 76 (13.6) |
Satisfied with nursing profession, T2 | |||||||||||
Agree | 13 (86.7) | 203 (87.1) | 44 (69.8) | 20 (90.9) | 19 (86.4) | 28 (84.8) | 51 (89.5) | 17 (53.1) | 15 (93.7) | 57 (89.1) | 467 (83.8) |
Disagree | 2 (13.3) | 30 (12.9) | 19 (30.2) | 2 (9.1) | 3 (13.6) | 5 (15.2) | 6 (10.5) | 15 (46.9) | 1 (6.3) | 7 (10.9) | 90 (16.2) |