Table 1 General characteristics of subjects (N = 520)
Variables | Categories | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age(years) |  ≤ 25 | 41(7.9) |
26–30 | 133(25.6) | |
31–35 | 133(25.6) | |
36–40 | 103(19.8) | |
41–45 | 55(10.6) | |
 ≥ 46 | 55(10.6) | |
Job tenure(years) |  ≤ 5 | 93(17.9) |
6–10 | 151(29.0) | |
11–15 | 86(16.5) | |
16–20 | 84(16.2) | |
21–25 | 48(9.2) | |
 ≥ 26 | 58(11.2) | |
Education level | Technical secondary school degree | 16(3.1) |
Junior college degree | 234(45.0) | |
Bachelor degree | 267(51.3) | |
Master degree or above | 3(0.6) | |
Marital status | Single | 94(18.1) |
Married | 415(79.8) | |
Divorced | 9(1.7) | |
Widowed | 2(0.4) | |
Fertility status | Childless | 127(24.4) |
One child | 206(39.6) | |
Two children | 185(35.6) | |
Three children or above | 2(0.4) | |
Hospital rank | Secondary | 200(38.5) |
Tertiary | 320(61.5) | |
Hospital location | Fuzhou City | 156(30.0) |
Xiamen City | 84(16.2) | |
Putian City | 54(10.4) | |
Quanzhou City | 63(12.1) | |
Zhangzhou City, | 47(9.0) | |
Longyan City | 42(8.1) | |
Nanping City | 36(6.9) | |
Sanming City | 20(3.8) | |
Ningde City | 18(3.5) | |
Work department | Obstetric ward | 263(50.6) |
Delivery room | 238(45.8) | |
Obstetrics Clinic | 19(3.7) | |
Professional rank | None | 68(13.1) |
Junior | 235(45.2) | |
Intermediate | 159(30.6) | |
Senior | 58(11.2) | |
Job category | Temporarily employed midwives | 204(39.2) |
Permanently employed midwives | 314(60.4) | |
Other | 2(0.4) | |
Monthly income (yuan) |  ≤ 5000 | 123(23.7) |
5001–8000 | 260(50.0) | |
8001–10,000 | 71(13.7) | |
 > 10,000 | 66(12.7) | |
Work objective | Love nursing | 207(39.8) |
Satisfy parents’ expectation | 18(3.5) | |
Survival need | 199(38.3) | |
Other | 96(18.5) | |
Case discussion | No | 47(9.0) |
1 time per week | 35(6.7) | |
1 time per month | 310(59.6) | |
1 time per 3Â months | 81(15.6) | |
1 time per 6Â months | 47(9.0) | |
Whether to participate in academic activities related to clinical decision-making | No | 228(43.8) |
Academic Activities in the Hospital | 231(44.4) | |
Academic activities in the province | 43(8.3) | |
National Academic Activities | 18(3.5) | |
Professional identity | Strongly agree | 293(56.3) |
Agree | 143(27.5) | |
Neutrality | 83(16.0) | |
Disagree | 0(0) | |
Strongly disagree | 1(0.2) |