An Analysis of Italian Nurses’ Approach to Patients’ Pain: A Nationwide Online Survey

Table 1

Distribution of participant features.

Variable	Total responders		Northwest		Northeast		Central		South
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Gender
Male	665	95.5	44	26.0	43	20.2	45	36.3	53	33.3
Female			125	74.0	170	79.8	79	63.7	106	66.7	0.004
Age group
25–35	665	95.5	27	16.0	29	13.6	26	21.0	14	8.8
35–45			52	30.8	52	24.4	27	21.8	49	30.8	0.41
45–55			57	33.7	93	43.7	50	40.3	65	40.9
>55			33	19.5	39	18.3	21	16.9	31	19.5
Occupational category
Nurse	665	95.5	136	80.4	178	83.6	111	89.5	143	89.9
Head nurse			25	14.8	34	16.0	12	9.7	16	10.1	0.03
Pediatric nurse			8	4.7	1	0.4	1	0.8	0	0.0
Department of affiliation
Group 1^a	665	95.5	55	32.5	65	30.5	40	32.3	93	58.5
Group 2^b			114	67.5	148	69.5	84	67.7	66	41.5	<0.0001
Participation education/information events
Yes	665	95.5	105	62.1	140	65.7	66	53.2	66	41.5
No			64	37.9	73	34.3	58	46.8	93	58.5	<0.0001
Utility of education/information events
Very good	380/665	57.1	75	71.4	126	89.3	48	71.6	49	73.1
Good			19	18.1	11	7.8	14	20.9	16	23.9	0.002
Poor			11	10.5	4	2.8	5	7.5	2	3.0

^aDepartment Group 1: surgical departments. ^bDepartment Group 2: medical departments.