Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Influencing Factors regarding Physical Restraint Use in the Intensive Care Unit: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Personal and professional characteristics of nurses working in ICU at Amhara regional state referral hospitals, 2019 (n = 237).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Sex	Male	129	54.4
	Female	108	45.6
Participants’ religion	Orthodox	181	76.4
	Muslim	43	18.1
	Protestant	13	5.5
Marital status	Unmarried	71	30.0
	Married	148	62.4
	Divorced	18	7.6
Academic qualification	Diploma	25	10.5
	Bachelor’s	159	67.1
	Master’s	53	22.4
How long you have worked as a nurse (years of work as a nurse)?	<5 years	94	39.7
	5–10 years	118	49.8
	>10 years	25	10.5
How long you have worked in the ICU (years of work in the ICU)?	<2 years	105	44.3
	2–5 years	87	36.7
	>5 years	45	19.0
Have you used PR in the past month?	Yes	96	40.5
	No	141	59.5
Have you read about PR from any source (like books, articles…) in the past year?	Yes	118	49.8
	No	119	50.2
Have you received educational training regarding PR in your graduate class?	Yes	81	34.2
	No	156	65.8
Use of alternative methods before PR	Yes	125	52.7
	No	112	47.3
Number of patient care per day	2 patients	59	24.9
	3-4 patients	122	51.5
	≥5 patients	56	23.6
Observing complications from PR	Yes	136	57.4
	No	101	42.6
Working shift time	Day shift	66	27.8
	Night shift	35	14.8
	Day and/night shift	136	57.4
Age	Range 23–40	Mean = 30.5	SD = 9.93
		Median 30	IQR = 28–33