Table 2 Characteristics of nurses (n=159)
Directly from hospital | Via Social Media | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | ||
Level of nurses | Student level | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.6 |
Care assistant | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 2.2 | 2 | 1.3 | |
Secondary vocational level | 60 | 53.5 | 24 | 53.3 | 64 | 52.8 | |
Bachelor level | 52 | 46.6 | 8 | 17.8 | 60 | 37.7 | |
Master level | 1 | 0.9 | 11 | 24.4 | 12 | 7.6 | |
Ward type | Medical | 17 | 14.9 | 17 | 37.8 | 34 | 21.4 |
Surgical | 23 | 20.2 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 20.1 | |
Geriatric | 17 | 14.9 | 4 | 8.9 | 21 | 13.2 | |
Other | 57 | 50 | 15 | 33.3 | 72 | 45.3 | |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Years’ experience in working with elderly | 19.7 | 12,7 | 13,7 | 11.15 | 18 | 12.6 | |
Grade skills | 7.1 | 1,5 | 7.2 | 1.1 | 7.2 | 1.8 | |
Followed a course on dementia last year | Yes | 50 | 43.8 | 19 | 42.2 | 69 | 43.4 |
No | 64 | 56.1 | 26 | 57.8 | 90 | 56.6 | |