Skip to main content

Table 3 Descriptive Statistics

From: Evidence-based geriatric knowledge among healthcare providers in Vietnam: adaptation, validation, and pilot of the knowledge about older patients quiz

Variables

Total (N = 112)

Nurses (N = 71)

Physicians (N = 41)

N

%

%

%

Occupation

    

Nurses

71

63.4

100

-

Physicians

41

37.6

-

100

Females

83

74.1

83.1

58.5

Any postgraduate education

31

27.7

23.9

34.1

Any prior formal geriatric training

71

63.4

64.8

61.0

Years of experience, mean (SD)

112

12.6

(0.8)

12.6

(1.0)

12.6

(1.4)

Number of patients per day, mean (SD)

110

14.9 (1.2)

12.8 (1.3)

18.6 (2.3)

Number of older adult patients per day, mean (SD)

110

10 (0.9)

8.4 (0.9)

12.6 (1.8)

Urban location

53

47.3

49.3

58.5

Districts

    

Cau Giay

18

16.1

14.1

19.5

Dong Anh

35

31.3

38.0

19.5

Dong Da

11

9.8

7.0

14.6

Dan Phuong

40

35.7

35.2

36.6

Long Bien

8

7.1

5.6

9.8

Health facility levels

    

Commune

43

38.4

45.1

26.8

District or Provincial

29

25.9

19.7

36.6

Central

40

35.7

35.2

36.6

Departments

    

Geriatric

19

17.0

18.3

14.6

Primary

48

42.9

49.3

31.7

Internal

26

23.2

22.5

24.4

Cardiology

16

14.3

12.7

17.1