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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care: a cross-sectional study

 

Hospitals

Primary health care

P-value

 

(N = 99)

(N = 104)

 

Characteristics

   

Age in years

41.1 (8.5)

42.8 (10.1)

0.20, ns

Male gender

9 (9.1%)

7 (6.7%)

0.54, ns

Childhood outside Norway

10 (10.1%)

6 (5.8%)

0.26, ns

Education outside Norway

8 (8.1%)

3 (2.9%)

0.10, ns

Work experience as nurse in years

12.6 (8.8)

12.2 (9.7)

0.77, ns

Job size latest 12 months

0.86 (0.16)

0.86 (0.16)

0.82, ns

Mathematics beyond 1st year USS1)

36 (36.4%)

44 (42.3%)

0.39, ns

Other education before becoming nurse

38 (38.4%)

43 (41.3%)

0.67, ns

Postgraduate specialization

47 (47.5%)

21 (20.2%)

<0.001

Relevant courses past 3 years

24 (24.2%)

22 (21.2%)

0.60, ns

GHQ - score coping2)

0.76 (0.28)

0.81 (0.28)

0.07, ns

GHQ - score self-esteem2)

1,01 (0.24)

1.02 (0.22)

0.67, ns

  1. 1) Upper secondary school
  2. 2) General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) score 0-3, 0 = better than usual, 1 = as usual, 2 = worse than usual, 3 = much worse than usual.
  3. The results are given as mean (standard deviation in brackets), or number of participants (proportion in brackets).