Table 5 The differences in nurses’ information literacy latent profiles in demography, self-efficacy and social support (N = 2384)

Age

 ≤ 25

400(16.78%)

87(18.13%)

202(20.12%)

53(9.52%)

58(16.91%)

34.274

0.000

 26–30

985(41.32%)

192(40.00%)

405(40.34%)

241(43.27%)

147(42.86%)

 31–35

699(29.32%)

139(28.96%)

289(28.78%)

181(32.50%)

90(26.24%)

 > 35

300(12.58%)

62(12.92%)

108(10.76%)

82(14.72%)

48(13.99%)

Years of work

 ≤ 2

360(15.10%)

80(16.67%)

173(17.23%)

55(9.87%)

52(15.16%)

31.045

0.000

 3–5

532(22.32%)

96(20.00%)

249(24.80%)

112(20.11%)

75(21.87%)

 6–10

918(38.51%)

194(40.42%)

360(35.86%)

243(43.63%)

121(35.28%)

 > 10

574(24.08%)

110(22.92%)

222(22.11%)

147(26.39%)

95(27.70%)

Educational level

 Junior college

980(41.11%)

237(49.38%)

393(39.14%)

201(36.09%)

149(43.44%)

24.873

0.000

 Undergraduate or above

1404(58.89%)

243(50.63%)

611(60.86%)

356(63.91%)

194(56.56%)

Place of residence

 City

1639(68.75%)

310(64.58%)

691(68.82%)

391(70.20%)

247(72.01%)

6.123

0.106

 Countryside

745(31.25%)

170(35.42%)

313(31.18%)

166(29.80%)

96(27.99%)

Marital status

 Single

645(27.06%)

134(27.92%)

292(29.08%)

126(22.62%)

93(27.11%)

16.586

0.011

 Married

1719(72.11%)

338(70.42%)

707(70.42%)

429(77.02%)

245(71.43%)

 Widowed or separated

20(0.84%)

8(1.67%)

5(0.50%)

2(0.36%)

5(1.46%)

Hospital-grade

 Tertiary hospital

1031(43.25%)

194(40.42%)

470(46.81%)

226(40.57%)

141(41.11%)

51.293

0.000

 Secondary hospital

1147(48.11%)

216(45.00%)

470(46.81%)

270(48.47%)

191(55.69%)

 Primary hospital

206(8.64%)

70(14.58%)

64(6.37%)

61(10.95%)

11(3.21%)

Title

 Nurse

794(33.31%)

192(40.00%)

362(36.06%)

131(23.52%)

109(31.78%)

42.656

0.000

 Senior nurse

1219(51.13%)

230(47.92%)

485(48.31%)

327(58.71%)

177(51.60%)

 Nurses-in-charge or above

371(15.56%)

58(12.09%)

157(15.64%)

99(17.77%)

57(16.62%)

Professional knowledge acquired in spare time

 None

66(2.77%)

37(7.71%)

9(0.90%)

17(3.05%)

3(0.87%)

153.017

0.000

 Occasionally

1046(43.88%)

236(49.17%)

447(44.52%)

238(42.73%)

125(36.44%)

 When required by work

937(39.30%)

176(36.67%)

380(37.85%)

258(46.32%)

123(35.86%)

 Most of the time

335(14.05%)

31(6.46%)

168(16.73%)

44(7.90%)

92(26.82%)

Utilization of databases

 No

328(13.76%)

88(18.33%)

90(8.96%)

118(21.18%)

32(9.33%)

151.137

0.000

 Not really

1263(52.98%)

281(58.54%)

536(53.39%)

316(56.73%)

130(37.90%)

 Yes

793(33.26%)

111(23.13%)

378(37.65%)

123(22.08%)

181(52.77%)

Number of medical literature reading in the past month

 None

1170(49.08%)

296(61.67%)

428(42.63%)

339(60.86%)

107(31.20%)

126.144

0.000

 1–3

1013(42.49%)

158(32.92%)

482(48.01%)

185(33.21%)

188(54.81%)

 > 3

201(8.43%)

26(5.42%)

94(9.36%)

33(5.92%)

48(13.99%)

Participation in information literacy training

 Yes

654(27.43%)

86(17.92%)

314(31.27%)

95(17.06%)

159(46.36%)

128.641

0.000

 No

1109(46.52%)

238(49.58%)

439(43.73%)

317(56.91%)

115(33.53%)

 Unclear

621(26.05%)

156(32.50%)

251(25.00%)

145(26.03%)

69(20.12%)

Self-efficacy

25.50 ± 6.67

23.41 ± 4.87

24.48 ± 5.04

26.24 ± 6.30

27.95 ± 10.19

41.417

0.000

Social support

43.64 ± 8.29

40.00 ± 7.96

42.56 ± 7.80

44.71 ± 7.90

47.39 ± 8.40

68.453

0.000

 Objective support

10.72 ± 3.60

9.60 ± 3.22

10.44 ± 3.32

11.02 ± 3.54

11.87 ± 4.17

31.887

0.000

 Subjective support

24.44 ± 4.94

22.56 ± 4.98

23.79 ± 4.79

24.99 ± 4.72

26.51 ± 4.68

54.014

0.000

 Utilization of support

8.48 ± 1.88

7.84 ± 1.82

8.33 ± 1.77

8.70 ± 1.82

9.01 ± 2.05

35.190

0.000