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Table 2 The demographic information of participants (n = 122)

From: Enablers and barriers to implementing care quality improvement program in nursing homes in China

Participants’ characteristics

nurse manager

(N = 8)

clinical nurse

(N = 50)

nurse assistant

(N = 64)

The total

(N = 122)

Age

37.5 (35.0–55.2)

30.0 (26.7–32.2)

50.0 (43.0–52.0)

41.0 (30.5–50.5)

Gender

 Male

2 (25.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.6)

3 (2.5)

 Female

6 (75.0)

50 (100.0)

63 (98.4)

119 (97.5)

Qualification

 Elementary

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

12 (18.8)

12 (9.8)

 Junior high

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

36 (56.3)

36 (29.5)

 Senior high

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

14 (21.8)

14 (11.5)

 Post-secondary

2 (25.0)

34 (68.0)

2 (3.1)

38 (31.2)

 Undergraduate

6 (75.0)

16 (32.0)

0 (0.0)

22 (18.0)

Position

 Junior care assistant

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

36 (56.3)

36 (29.5)

 Mediate care assistant

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

18 (28.1)

18 (14.7)

 Senior care assistant

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

10 (15.6)

10 (8.2)

 Nurse

0 (0.0)

20 (40.0)

0 (0.0)

20 (16.4)

 Senior nurse

2 (25.0)

22 (44.0)

0 (0.0)

24 (19.7)

 Supervisor nurse

6 (75.0)

8 (16.0)

0 (0.0)

14 (11.5)

Employment

 Temporary employment

0 (0.0)

14 (28.0)

0 (0.0)

14 (11.5)

 Fixed-term contracts

4 (50.0)

34 (68.0)

64 (100.0)

102 (83.6)

 Formal permanent

4 (50.0)

2 (4.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (4.9)

 Years in the institution

14.0 (12.2–33.7)

8.0 (5.0–10.2)

4.0 (2.0–6.0)

8.0 (3.0–10.0)

 Daily working hours

8.0 (8.0–8.0)

8.0 (8.0–8.0)

12.0 (10.0–12.0)

8.0 (8.0–12.0)

  1. † median (IQR)
  2. ‡ n(%)