Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Positive Health Behaviours Scale for clinical nurses: a cross-sectional translation

Table 1 Frequency distribution of demographic characteristics (n = 633)

Factors	Group	n	%
Age	20~	435	68.7
	30~	169	26.7
	40~	29	4.6
Educational level	Junior college education	59	9.3
	Undergraduate education	511	80.7
	Postgraduate education or above	63	10.0
Marital status	Unmarried	444	70.1
Marital status	Married	189	29.9
Working years	1~	488	77.1
	10~	127	20.1
	20~	18	2.8
Positional titles	Primary nurse	372	58.8
	Nurse practitioner	166	26.2
	Nurse-in-charge or above	95	15.0
Personnel relations	Contract nurses*	368	58.1
	Formal nurses*	209	33.0
	Other	56	8.8
Health self-assessment status	Particularly good	360	56.9
	Good	238	37.6
	Poor	29	4.6
	Particularly poor	6	0.9

Note: *Contract nurses are hospitals and nurses sign labor contracts. Formal nurses are recruited by the local health bureau, and the work is stable.

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