Table 1 Demographic characteristics of ICU nurses (n = 1,002)
Demographics | Values, n (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Female | 592 (59.1%) |
 Male | 410 (40.9%) |
Regions | |
 Central Region | 410 (40.9%) |
 Western Region | 303 (30.2%) |
 Southern Region | 228 (22.8%) |
 Eastern Region | 40 (4.0%) |
 Northern Region | 21 (2.1%) |
Academic qualification | |
 Associate degree | 54 (5.4%) |
 Bachelor degree | 746 (74.5%) |
 Master degree | 103 (10.3%) |
 Doctorate degree | 98 (9.8%) |
Place of work | |
 Ministry of health hospitals | 372 (37.1%) |
 Ministry of defense hospitals | 222 (22.2%) |
 Ministry of national guard health affairs hospitals | 190 (19.0%) |
 King Faisal specialist & research center | 77 (7.7%) |
 Ministry of interior hospitals | 56 (5.6%) |
 University hospitals | 22 (2.2%) |
 Royal commission hospitals | 16 (1.6%) |
 Private hospitals | 13 (1.3%) |
 Others | 34 (3.3) |
Years of clinical experience | |
 Less than 1 year | 112 (11.2%) |
 1–5 years | 533 (53.2%) |
 6–10 years | 274 (27.3%) |
 More than 10 years | 83 (8.3%) |
Number of ARDS patients cared for per shift | 2 ± 3 |
Used APRV | |
 Yes | 248 (24.7%) |
 No | 754 (75.3%) |
Received training on APRV mode | |
 Yes | 229 (22.8%) |
 No | 773 (77.2%) |
Utilization of APRV mode in your hospital | |
 Yes | 184 (18.4) |
 No | 216 (21.6%) |
 I don’t know | 602 (60.0%) |
Existing APRV protocol at my hospital | |
 Yes | 132 (13.2%) |
 No | 212 (21.2%) |
 I don’t know | 658 (65.6%) |