Development of a Nursing Practice Rating Scale for Hospitalized Pregnant Women with Threatened Preterm Labor : Table 1

Table 1: Characteristics of the Study Participants (N = 699).

Variable	n	%
Age, years
≤30	303	43.3
31–40	169	24.2
≥41	227	32.5
Occupation
Nurse	620	88.7
Midwife	79	11.3
Job title
Chief nurse	14	2.0
Deputy chief nurse	78	11.2
Staff	599	85.7
Other	8	1.1
Educational level
Postgraduate school	31	4.4
University	228	32.6
Junior college	19	2.7
Vocational school	421	60.2
Years of clinical experience of care for pregnant women with TPL
1–5	322	46.1
6–10	164	23.5
11–20	155	22.2
≥21	58	8.3
Frequency of care for pregnant women with TPL
Daily	393	56.2
At least once per week	215	30.8
At least once every two weeks	21	3.0
At least once per month	27	3.8
At least once per year	17	2.4
Almost no care in this past year	20	2.9
Other	6	0.9