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

Table 4 Factors associated with nurses’ knowledge of and attitude toward PCA

Variables	PCA knowledge						PCA attitude
Variables	β	OR		95% CI			β	OR		95%CI
Age (years old)
21–30	-						-
31–40	2.388	10.892		0.295	-	402.161	0.069	1.071		0.108	-	10.599
41–50	2.843	17.170		0.727	-	405.300	0.144	1.155		0.216	-	6.165
51 and more than	1.514	4.543		0.393	-	52.508	−0.175	0.839		0.302	-	2.332
Education
Junior college	-						-
Bachelor	−2.721	0.066	*	0.005	-	0.917	−1.446	0.236		0.041	-	1.341
Master	−3.000	0.050	**	0.011	-	0.220	−0.909	0.403		0.121	-	1.346
Duration of work experience (years)
0–5	-						-
6–10	−3.736	0.024	*	0.001	-	0.605	0.540	1.716		0.327	-	8.994
10–15	−2.232	0.107		0.007	-	1.725	0.509	1.664		0.436	-	6.352
16 and more than	−2.126	0.119		0.013	-	1.125	0.452	1.571		0.686	-	3.597
Experience of using PCA for patient care	1.061	2.889	*	1.120	-	7.453	1.340	3.821	***	1.907	-	7.657

Abbreviations: PCA: patient-controlled analgesia; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval
* p <.05; ** p <.01; *** p <.001

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