Table 1 Characteristics of the participants
Characteristic | Total number (percentage, %) |
|---|---|
Demographics | |
Gender | |
Male | 221 (2.10) |
Female | 9827 (97.90) |
Age | |
18–35 | 7539 (75.03) |
36–50 | 2301 (22.90) |
≥ 51 | 208 (2.07) |
Marital status | |
Single | 3056 (30.41) |
Married | 6678 (66.46) |
Divorced | 157 (1.56) |
Others | 157 (1.56) |
Personal beliefs | |
Christianity | 199 (1.98) |
Buddhism | 506 (5.04) |
Muslim | 10 (0.10) |
Others | 18 (0.18) |
None | 9315 (92.70) |
Nursing profession | |
Hospital classification | |
Tertiary hospital | 6860 (68.27) |
Secondary hospital | 2924 (29.10) |
Primary hospital/Surgery | 264 (2.63) |
Working years | |
≤ 5 | 3356 (33.40) |
6–10 | 2964 (29.50) |
11–15 | 1554 (15.47) |
16–20 | 858 (8.54) |
≥ 21 | 1316 (13.10) |
Level of nursing job | |
Junior level | 6320 (62.90) |
Medium level | 2819 (28.06) |
Senior level | 909 (9.05) |
Working department | |
Department of oncology | 1161 (11.55) |
Department of geriatrics | 429 (4.26) |
Other departments of internal medicine | 3393 (33.76) |
Departments dealing with surgeries | 2908 (28.94) |
Pediatrics | 434 (4.31) |
ICU or Emergency department | 1205 (11.99) |
Outpatient department | 518 (5.15) |
Oncology nursing specialist | |
Yes | 147 (1.46) |
No | 9901 (98.54) |
Palliative care nursing specialist | |
Yes | 65 (0.65) |
No | 9983 (93.35) |
Experience in palliative care | |
Experience of caring for dying patientsa | |
Yes | 5256 (52.31) |
No | 4792 (47.69) |
Experience of discussing deathb | |
Yes | 4074 (40.56) |
No | 5974 (59.46) |
Attended the JNA training program 2019 | |
Yes | 1686 (16.78) |
No | 8362 (83.22) |