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 |