Applying Theory to Understand and Modify Nurse Intention to Adhere to Recommendations regarding the Use of Filter Needles: An Intervention Mapping Approach
Table 2
Characteristics of the participants, before and after intervention.
(1) Preintervention questionnaire
Participants’ characteristics
All participants
( = 242 (239)1)
%
Care units
1 (ICU)
18
7.4
2 (PICU)
32
13.2
3 (NICU)
56
23.1
4 (pediatric)
12
5.0
5 (pediatric)
39
16.1
6 (pediatric)
16
6.6
7 (ICU)
21
8.7
8 (ICU)
48
19.8
Gender
Male
30
12.6
Female
209
87.4
Age
19–25
52
21.7
26–30
52
21.8
31–35
36
15.1
36–40
28
11.7
>40
71
29.7
Highest educational grade
College
99
41.4
Certificate
10
4.2
B.S.
123
51.5
M.S.
3
1.3
Other studies
4
1.7
Years of experience
0–5
79
33.1
6–10
48
20.1
11–15
44
18.4
>20
57
23.8
(2) Postintervention questionnaire
Participants’ characteristics2
All participants
( = 169)
%
Care units
2 (PICU)
20
51.3
3 (NICU)
65
50.0
4 (pediatric)
25
83.3
5 (pediatric)
36
80.0
6 (pediatric)
23
88.5
Three respondents did not answer the four questions related to sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, education and experience), reducing the total number of participants for these questions to 239. Other sociodemographic data were not collected for this questionnaire.