Table 1 Characteristics of participants and their willingness to provide IHC services (N = 161).

From: Awareness, perceptions, and willingness regarding internet-based home care services and associated factors among community nurses in China

Variables

n (%)/

M ± SD

Willingness

P

Unwilling

n (%)

Hesitant

n (%)

Willing

n (%)

Gender

0.559

 Female

158 (98.1)

7 (4.4)

33 (20.9)

118 (74.7)

 Male

3 (1.9)

1 (33.3)

0 (0)

2 (66.7)

Age (years)

0.126

 ≤ 25

32 (19.9)

2 (6.2)

11 (34.4)

19 (59.4)

 26–35

95 (59.0)

5 (5.3)

18 (18.9)

72 (75.8)

 36–45

21 (13.0)

0 (0)

3 (14.3)

18 (85.7)

 > 45

13 (8.1)

1 (7.7)

1 (7.7)

11 (84.6)

Working seniority (years)

0.626

 5–10

101 (62.7)

5 (4.9)

23 (22.8)

73 (72.3)

 11–15

34 (21.1)

2 (5.9)

7 (20.6)

25 (73.5)

 16–20

9 (5.6)

0 (0)

1 (11.1)

8 (88.9)

 > 20

17 (10.6)

1 (5.9)

2 (11.8)

14 (82.3)

Professional title

0.325

 Junior

122 (75.8)

7 (5.8)

27 (22.1)

88 (72.1)

 Intermediate

28 (17.4)

1 (3.6)

5 (17.8)

22 (78.6)

 Senior

11 (6.8)

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

10 (90.9)

Education level

0.147

 College degree below

74 (46.0)

4 (5.4)

19 (25.7)

51 (68.9)

 College degree or above

87 (54.0)

4 (4.6)

14 (16.1)

69 (79.3)

Monthly income (¥)

0.430

 < 3000

23 (14.3)

3 (13.1)

5 (21.7)

15 (65.2)

 3000–5000

104 (64.6)

5 (4.8)

20 (19.2)

79 (76.0)

 > 5000

34 (21.1)

0 (0)

8 (23.5)

26 (76.5)

Overall score of awareness of IHC services

3.44 ± 2.03

2.25 ± 1.39

2.61 ± 1.52

3.75 ± 2.09

0.007

Overall score of perceived benefits for IHC services

4.06 ± 1.39

3.88 ± 1.36

4.24 ± 1.39

4.03 ± 1.39

0.458

Overall score of IHC services competency

171.4 ± 29.59

155.75 ± 20.93

157.88 ± 20.01

176.17 ± 30.89

< 0.001