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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (N = 303)

From: Nurses’ knowledge of and attitude toward postoperative patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) and the associated factors

Variable

n (%)

Age (mean, SD: 31.40, 7.32)

21–30 years old

175 (57.8)

31–40 years old

93 (30.7)

41–50 years old

29 (9.6)

 51 years old

6 (2.0)

Education

Junior college

17 (5.6)

Bachelor

272 (89.8)

Master and over

14 (4.6)

Duration of work experience (mean, SD: 7.62, 6.49)

0–5 years

151 (49.5)

6–10

86 (28.4)

11–15 years

28 (9.2)

 16 years

38 (12.5)

Experience of using PCA for patient care

None

99 (32.7)

Yes

204 (67.3)

  1. Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation; PCA: patient-controlled analgesia