The development of a questionnaire to assess the willingness of Chinese community health workers to implement advance care planning

Table 2 General information of the study subjects (n = 204)

Characteristic		Number of people	N(%)
Sex	Male	35	17.2
	Female	169	82.8
Age	≤ 30	52	25.5
	31~40	91	44.6
	41~50	45	22.1
	> 50	16	7.8
Occupation	Doctor	91	44.6
	Nurse	113	55.4
Professional Title	Primary	100	49.0
	Middle	74	36.3
	Senior	30	14.7
Title	Yes	57	27.9
	No	147	72.1
Years of community work	1~5	59	28.9
	6~10	58	28.4
	11~20	56	27.5
	> 20	31	15.2
Education	Secondary School Degree	5	2.4
	College degree	34	16.7
	Bachelor’s Degree	161	78.9
	Master’s degree or above	4	2.0
Marital Status	Single	37	18.1
	Married	162	79.4
	Divorced/Separated	5	2.5
Child	No	54	26.5
	One	107	52.4
	Two or More	43	21.1
Religious beliefs	Yes	11	5.4
	No	193	94.6
Health Conditions	Healthy	125	61.3
	Occasional illness	76	37.2
	Frequent illness	3	1.5
	Chronic illness	0	0.0
	Disabled	0	0.0
Work experience in the general hospital or not	Yes	111	54.4
	No	93	45.6
Experienced bereavement or not	Yes	85	41.7
	No	119	58.3
Cared for the dying or not	Yes	57	27.9
	No	147	72.1
Heard of ACP or not	Yes	53	26.0
	No	151	74.0
Received ACP-related training or not	Yes	9	4.4
	No	195	95.6
Received Hospice-related training or not	Yes	43	21.1
	No	161	78.9
Received relevant training such as hospice or palliative care or not	Yes	27	13.2
	No	177	86.8
Death Attitude	Fear	36	17.6
	Acceptance	96	47.1
	Escape	72	35.3

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