Reliability and Validity of the Japanese Version of the Implementation Leadership Scale for Nurse Managers and Staff Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic data.

	Nurse manager, n = 67		Staff, n = 484
	n	(%)	n	(%)
Gender
Female	65	97.0	445	91.9
Male	1	1.5	26	5.4
Unknown	1	1.5	13	2.7
Age group
Below 25	0	0.0	121	25.0
26–30	0	0.0	121	25.0
31–40	2	3.0	133	27.5
41–50	28	41.8	79	16.3
Above 51	37	55.2	30	6.2
Academic background
Bachelor’s degree	25	37.3	352	72.7
Master’s degree	15	22.4	39	8.1
Doctoral degree	0	0.0	3	0.6
No degree^※	27	40.3	90	18.6
Years of experience as clinical nurses
Below 1	0	0.0	56	11.6
2 or 3	0	0.0	82	16.9
4–10	0	0.0	161	33.3
Above 11	67	100.0	185	38.2
Years of experience working in the unit
Below 1	5	7.5	76	15.7
2 or 3	16	23.9	118	24.4
4–10	23	34.3	178	36.8
Above 11	23	34.3	112	23.1
Learning experience of EBP
No	18	26.9	176	36.4
Yes	35	52.2	118	24.4
Unsure	14	20.9	190	39.3
Experience of working on EBP
No	24	35.8	182	37.6
Yes	28	41.8	110	22.7
Unsure	15	22.4	192	39.7

Notes: ^※It includes high school, vocational school, and junior college.