Table 1 Participants’ baseline information and distribution of motivation, attitude, and practice scores
N(%) | Motivation | Attitude | Practice | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median (25% quartile, 75% quartile) | P | Median (25% quartile, 75% quartile) | P | Median (25% quartile, 75% quartile) | P | ||||
Total | 495 | 29(26, 32) | 87(82, 94) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Age_adjusted | 0.959 | 0.141 | 0.374 | ||||||
20–29 years | 64(12.9) | 29(27, 31) | 84.5(81, 91.5) | 40(37, 44) | |||||
30–39 years | 340(68.7) | 29(26, 32) | 87(82, 94) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
≥ 40 years | 91(18.4) | 28(27, 32) | 89(82, 96) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Gender | 0.175 | 0.736 | 0.201 | ||||||
Male | 10(2.0) | 26.5(24, 31) | 85.5(82, 96) | 39(36, 43) | |||||
Female | 485(98.0) | 29(26, 32) | 87(82, 94) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Education | 0.604 | 0.826 | 0.850 | ||||||
Junior college and below | 35(7.1) | 29(26, 33) | 87(81, 95) | 41(37, 46) | |||||
Undergraduate | 453(91.5) | 29(26, 31) | 87(82, 94) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Postgraduate | 7(1.4) | 28(22, 32) | 86(82, 88) | 40(36, 45) | |||||
PhD and above | 0(0) | / | / | / | |||||
Education_adjusted | 0.468 | 0.840 | 0.754 | ||||||
Junior college and below | 35(7.1) | 29(26, 33) | 87(81, 95) | 41(37, 46) | |||||
Undergraduate and above | 460(92.9) | 29(26, 31) | 87(82, 94) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Professional title_adjusted | 0.035 | 0.126 | 0.940 | ||||||
Junior (Nurse/Nurse Practitioner) | 158(31.9) | 30(27, 32) | 86(81, 93) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Intermediate and Senior (Nurse Practitioner-in-Charge/Deputy Chief Nurse/Chief Nurse) | 337(68.1) | 28(26, 31) | 87(82, 95) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Years of nursing experience | 0.634 | 0.003 | 0.526 | ||||||
≤ 5 years | 30(6.1) | 29.5(27, 31) | 85.5(81, 92) | 40.5(37, 44) | |||||
6–10 years | 145(29.3) | 28(26, 32) | 85(81, 90) | 40(38, 44) | |||||
11–15 years | 185(37.4) | 29(26, 32) | 89(83, 96) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
16–20 years | 96(19.4) | 28(26, 31) | 86.5(81, 95.5) | 41(38, 45.5) | |||||
≥ 21 | 39(7.9) | 29(27, 32) | 91(83, 95) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Grade of hospital_adjusted | 0.120 | 0.325 | 0.330 | ||||||
Tertiary A | 368(74.3) | 28.5(26, 31) | 87(82, 95) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Other | 127(25.7) | 29(27, 32) | 86(81, 93) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Years of nursing supervision_adjusted | 0.360 | 0.034 | 0.567 | ||||||
< 1 year | 30(6.1) | 30(27, 32) | 88.5(83, 96) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
1–2 years | 46(9.3) | 28.5(26, 31) | 85.5(81, 92) | 40.5(38, 44) | |||||
3–5 years | 167(33.7) | 29(26, 32) | 86(81, 93) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
6–10 years | 155(31.3) | 29(26, 32) | 88(82, 96) | 41(38, 44) | |||||
11–15 years | 69(13.9) | 28(25, 31) | 87(82, 96) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
≥ 15 years | 28(5.7) | 29(26.5, 30.5) | 91(84.5, 99) | 42.5(39, 46) | |||||
Number of persons mentored | 0.748 | 0.033 | 0.564 | ||||||
1–2 | 39(7.9) | 28(27, 31) | 86(82, 93) | 40(37, 45) | |||||
3–5 | 82(16.6) | 29(26, 32) | 85(80, 93) | 40(37, 44) | |||||
6–10 | 93(18.8) | 29(26, 31) | 86(82, 92) | 41(39, 44) | |||||
≥ 11 | 281(56.8) | 29(26, 32) | 88(82, 96) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Pathway to becoming a mentor_adjusted | 0.033 | 0.485 | 0.112 | ||||||
Self-application | 61(12.3) | 30(27, 32) | 88(83, 96) | 42(40, 45) | |||||
Organization arrangement | 420(84.8) | 28.5(26, 31) | 87(82, 94) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Other | 14(2.8) | 30(27, 33) | 83.5(79, 93) | 40.5(38, 43) | |||||
Training attending | 0.006 | 0.004 | <0.001 | ||||||
Have not attended training | 56(11.3) | 27(25, 29) | 84(78, 90.5) | 38(34.5, 40) | |||||
Did attend training | 403(81.4) | 29(27, 32) | 87(82, 95) | 41(39, 45) | |||||
Don’t remember | 36(7.3) | 28(24.5, 31) | 86.5(80, 92.5) | 39(36.5, 44.5) | |||||
Salary subsidies granted by hospital | <0.001 | 0.006 | <0.001 | ||||||
Always | 86(17.4) | 30(27, 33) | 91(83, 98) | 44(39, 47) | |||||
Often | 64(12.9) | 30(28, 33) | 88(83, 94.5) | 41.5(39, 45) | |||||
Sometimes | 76(15.4) | 29(27.5, 32) | 86.5(81, 93) | 41(37, 44) | |||||
Rarely | 70(14.1) | 29(26, 32) | 87(82, 93) | 41(38, 45) | |||||
Hardly ever | 199(40.2) | 28(25, 30) | 85(81, 93) | 40(37, 44) | |||||
Degree of hospital financial support | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
Adequate | 115(23.2) | 31(28, 33) | 91(83, 99) | 44(40, 47) | |||||
Much | 71(14.3) | 30(28, 32) | 87(82, 91) | 41(39, 45) | |||||
General | 175(35.4) | 28(26, 31) | 86(81, 92) | 41(38, 44) | |||||
Very little | 48(9.7) | 28(26.5, 32) | 87(81.5, 92) | 39(37, 42.5) | |||||
Hardly ever | 86(17.4) | 27(25, 29) | 85(81, 93) | 39.5(36, 43) | |||||
Frequency of psychological care performed by hospital | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
Always | 126(25.5) | 31(28, 33) | 93(85, 99) | 44(41, 47) | |||||
Often | 138(27.9) | 29.5(27, 32) | 88(82, 94) | 41(39, 45) | |||||
Sometimes | 144(29.1) | 28(26, 30) | 85(81, 90) | 40(37, 43) | |||||
Rarely | 61(12.3) | 28(26, 30) | 84(80, 91) | 38(36, 41) | |||||
Hardly ever | 26(5.3) | 25(23, 27) | 82(75, 85) | 35.5(34, 40) | |||||
Frequency of hospital to understanding issues in mentoring | 0.065 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
Always | 173(34.9) | 30(27, 32) | 91(84, 98) | 44(40, 47) | |||||
Often | 172(34.7) | 28(26, 31) | 86(82, 93) | 40(38, 43.5) | |||||
Sometimes | 98(19.8) | 29(27, 31) | 85(80, 90) | 39(36, 42) | |||||
Rarely | 36(7.3) | 28(26, 31) | 83(78.5, 90.5) | 40(38, 43.5) | |||||
Hardly ever | 16(3.2) | 28.5(26, 30.5) | 82(78, 89.5) | 39(35.5, 41) | |||||
Frequency of job evaluation in hospital | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
Always | 136(27.5) | 31(27.5, 33) | 91(83.5, 98) | 45(40.5, 47) | |||||
Often | 232(46.9) | 29(26, 31) | 86(82, 93) | 40(38, 44) | |||||
Sometimes | 110(22.2) | 28(26, 30) | 85(81, 91) | 39(36, 41) | |||||
Rarely | 10(2.0) | 26.5(25, 32) | 83.5(76, 90) | 38.5(35, 39) | |||||
Hardly ever | 7(1.4) | 23(19, 30) | 77(70, 92) | 38(34, 42) | |||||