Table 1

Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (KASRP) Scores and univariate analysis results for nurses with various characteristics (n=6928)

CharacteristicsN (%)Scores (mean±SD)t/F valueP value
GenderMale282 (4.1)16.77±3.24−4.497<0.001
Female6646 (95.9)17.74±3.58
Age (years)20~302471 (35.7)17.87±3.624.4910.004
31~403387 (48.9)17.55±3.48
41~50849 (12.3)17.82±3.75
>50221 (3.2)17.82±3.70
Professional titleNurse790 (11.4)17.14±3.5019.006<0.001
Nurse practitioner2556 (36.9)17.79±3.59
Nurse-in-charge3287 (47.4)17.66±3.52
Associate professor of nursing or above295 (4.3)18.94±3.89
Education statusCollege degree or below986 (14.2)17.06±3.5720.952<0.001
Bachelor degree5848 (84.4)17.80±3.56
Master degree or above94 (1.4)18.61±3.37
Years of clinical practice<51512 (21.8)17.78±3.532.3840.067
5~101738 (25.1)17.83±3.60
10~152093 (30.2)17.55±3.51