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Table 5 Nurse characteristics, N = 1,123

From: Can an e-learning course improve nursing care for older people at risk of delirium: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

Nurse characteristics

Non-participants

Participants

p

Included nurses

210

913

 

Nurses’ age, mean (SD)*

33.6 (11.9)

35.7 (11.3)

0.04

Male nurses %**

9.6

6.7

0.17

Working in a surgical ward %

56.7

45.4

<0.01

Working in a general hospital %

58.6

60.5

0.61

Level of education: vocational %***

74.1

75.2

0.78

Level of education: university %***

25.9

24.8

0.78

  1. *Missing values: 179.
  2. **Missing values: 69.
  3. ***Missing values: 193