Table 5 Correlation between characteristics and LTCRL scores among home care workers (N = 119)
Samples’ characteristics | Overall score (0–29) | Categories of LTCRL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Access/obtain (0–5) | Understand (0–4) | Process/appraise (0–11) | Apply/use (0–9) | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 24.86 ± 2.22 | 4.71 ± 0.46 | 3.95 ± 0.22 | 8.52 ± 1.36 | 7.67 ± 0.97 |
Female | 25.27 ± 2.28 | 4.83 ± 0.48 | 3.95 ± 0.22 | 8.76 ± 1.42 | 7.73 ± 1.11 |
Age | |||||
< 47 years | 25.56 ± 2.30 | 4.87 ± 0.34 | 3.98 ± 0.13 | 8.80 ± 1.53 | 7.91 ± 1.04 |
≥ 47 years | 24.88 ± 2.21 | 4.75 ± 0.56 | 3.92 ± 0.27 | 8.64 ± 1.30 | 7.56 ± 1.10 |
Education level | |||||
Below undergraduate | 23.40 ± 2.00** | 4.75 ± 0.48 | 3.92 ± 0.27 | 8.35 ± 1.20** | 7.38 ± 1.12** |
Undergraduate and above | 25.81 ± 2.28 | 4.85 ± 0.47 | 3.97 ± 0.17 | 9.00 ± 1.50 | 7.99 ± 0.98 |
General Chinese proficiency | |||||
Not good | 24.25 ± 2.27 | 4.88 ± 0.34 | 3.94 ± 0.25 | 8.06 ± 1.24* | 7.38 ± 1.15 |
Good/Fluent | 25.34 ± 2.24 | 4.80 ± 0.49 | 3.95 ± 0.22 | 8.82 ± 1.41 | 7.78 ± 1.07 |
Experience of being a home care worker (years) | |||||
< 0.5 | 25.76 ± 1.71 | 4.88 ± 0.33 | 3.96 ± 0.20 | 9.20 ± 1.26 | 7.72 ± 1.06 |
0.5–1 | 25.26 ± 1.28 | 4.74 ± 0.45 | 3.95 ± 0.23 | 8.58 ± 0.96 | 8.00 ± 1.05 |
1–3 | 25.48 ± 2.53 | 4.76 ± 0.44 | 3.97 ± 0.19 | 8.72 ± 1.62 | 8.03 ± 0.87 |
3–5 | 25.50 ± 2.53 | 4.86 ± 0.36 | 4.00 ± 0.00 | 9.00 ± 1.36 | 7.64 ± 1.39 |
> 5 | 24.31 ± 2.58 | 4.81 ± 0.64 | 3.91 ± 0.30 | 8.28 ± 1.49 | 7.31 ± 1.06 |