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Table 6 Comparisons of demographic characteristics of respondents at both Time 1 and time 2 and CNO database a

From: The role of organizational context and individual nurse characteristics in explaining variation in use of information technologies in evidence based practice

Variable

Mean (SD)/Count (Proportion)

p value

T1b

T2b

CNO

T1 vs CNO

T2 vs CNO

T1 vs T2

Age

43.4 (10.8)

44.7 (10.2)

45.88 (12.0)

<0.0001

0.0487

0.0425

Experience in nursing

13.3 (10.8)

14.9 (11.4)

18.61 (12.9)

<0.0001

0.0009

0.1887

Female

680 (95.9)

443 (95.9)

144167 (94.6)

0.8524

0.8822

0.9850

Professional designationRN

527 (73.7)

350 (75.4)

114625 (75.7)

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.3239

RPN

168 (23.5)

99 (21.3)

36574 (24.0)

RN (EC)

20 (2.8)

15 (3.2)

1206 (0.8)

EducationDiploma/Certificate

422 (59.3)

277 (60.1)

97857 (68.7)

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.6458

Bachelors

229 (32.2)

140 (30.4)

36745 (25.8)

Masters and Doctorate

61 (8.6)

44 (9.6)

7841 (5.5)

   
  1. T1=Time 1, T2=Time 2, and CNO=College of Nurse of Ontario database.
  2. at test for age and Experience in nursing, binomial proportion test for Female, and chi-square test for Education.
  3. bCalculations were based on the number of surveys returned with valid response at Time 1 and Time 2.