Table 6 The multifactor analysis of information literacy of clinical nurses by logistic regression (N = 2384). Note: bold: P < 0.05

Age

 ≤25

-1.640

0.194

(0.094,0.401)

0.000

-1.763

0.171

(0.097.0.303)

0.000

-0.517

0.596

(0.388,0.916)

0.018

 26–30

-1.451

0.234

(0.133,0.414)

0.000

-1.112

0.329

(0.214,0.505)

0.000

-0.595

0.552

(0.391,0.778)

0.001

 31–35

-0.643

0.526

(0.335,0.826)

0.005

-0.433

0.649

(0.465,0.905)

0.011

-0.013

0.987

(0.758,1.284)

0.921

Years of work

 ≤ 2

0.322

1.379

(0.720,2.643)

0.333

0.645

1.905

(1.148,3.163)

0.013

0.606

1.833

(1.255,2.676)

0.002

 3–5

0.314

1.368

(0.800,2.340)

0.252

0.651

1.917

(1.281,2.868)

0.002

0.749

2.114

(1.544,2.896)

0.000

 6–10

0.599

1.820

(1.197,2.768)

0.005

0.700

2.014

(1.468,2.761)

0.000

0.514

1.672

(1.301,2.148)

0.000

Educational level

 Junior college

0.284

1.328

(1.001,1.763)

0.051

-0.065

0.937

(0.752,1.166)

0.559

-0.166

0.847

(0.716,1.003)

0.054

Place of residence

 City

-0.401

0.670

(0.512,0.876)

0.003

-0.282

0.754

(0.610,0.931)

0.009

-0.268

0.765

(0.649,0.901)

0.001

Marital status

 Single

0.171

1.187

(0.414,3.404)

0.750

1.578

4.845

(1.524,15.410)

0.118

1.077

2.934

(1.395,6.171)

0.065

 Married

0.790

2.204

(0.801,6.064)

0.126

1.919

6.816

(2.194,21.167)

0.201

1.402

4.063

(1.979,8.343)

0.067

Hospital-grade

 Tertiary hospital

-1.296

0.274

(0.173,0.434)

0.000

-1.197

0.302

(0.203,0.449)

0.000

-0.626

0.535

(0.376,0.762)

0.001

 Secondary hospital

-1.662

0.190

(0.120,0.301)

0.000

-1.245

0.288

(0.193,0.429)

0.000

-0.894

0.409

(0.286,0.584)

0.000

Title

 Nurse

0.502

1.653

(1.002,2.725)

0.049

-0.065

0.937

(0.637,1.379)

0.743

0.292

1.339

(0.990,1.811)

0.058

 Senior nurse

0.071

1.074

(0.714,1.614)

0.732

-0.004

0.996

(0.740,1.340)

0.978

-0.016

0.984

(0.775,1.250)

0.898

Professional knowledge acquiring in spare time

 None

1.995

7.354

(3.165,17.089)

0.000

1.167

3.214

(1.491,6.926)

0.003

0.083

1.087

(0.523,2.259)

0.823

 Occasionally

1.050

2.858

(1.877,4.352)

0.000

0.785

2.193

(1.642,2.930)

0.000

0.369

1.446

(1.202,1.741)

0.000

 When required by work

0.842

2.320

(1.515,3.554)

0.000

0.888

2.430

(1.822,3.240)

0.000

0.260

1.297

(1.076,1.564)

0.006

Using database to search literature

 No

0.667

1.949

(1.328,2.861)

0.001

1.086

2.963

(2.203,3.986)

0.000

0.077

1.080

(0.840,1.389)

0.547

 Not really

0.817

2.265

(1.722,2.977)

0.000

0.962

2.617

(2.127,3.219)

0.000

0.548

1.729

(1.491,2.006)

0.000

Number of medical literature reading in the past month

 None

0.509

1.664

(1.027,2.695)

0.039

0.469

1.599

(1.125,2.272)

0.009

0.120

1.127

(0.883,1.439)

0.337

 1–3

-0.150

0.861

(0.534,1.389)

0.539

-0.168

0.845

(0.601,1.188)

0.332

-0.061

0.941

(0.754,1.174)

0.589

Participation in information literacy training

 No

0.295

0.745

(0.565,0.981)

0.036

0.007

0.993

(0.795,1.241)

0.043

-0.009

0.991

(0.825,1.190)

0.019

 Yes

-1.263

0.283

(0.205,0.390)

0.000

-1.186

0.305

(0.238,0.391)

0.000

-0.541

0.582

(0.487,0.969)

0.000

Self-efficacy

-0.060

0.942

(0.926,0.957)

0.000

-0.044

0.957

(0.945,0.969)

0.000

-0.016

0.984

(0.975,0.993)

0.001

Social support

-0.111

0.895

(0.881,0.909)

0.000

-0.081

0.922

(0.911,0.933)

0.000

-0.040

0.961

(0.952,0.970)

0.000