Nurse managers' experience with ethical issues in six government hospitals in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 1 Participants' demographics

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Age-group in years (N = 417)
20-30	1	0.2
31-40	96	23.0
41-50	154	36.9
51-60	164	39.3
> 60	2	0.5
Sex (N = 417)
Female	416	99.8
Male	1	0.2
Position as nurse manager (N = 417)
Matron	52	12.5
Sister	365	87.5
Years of practice (N = 402)
≤ 10	10	0.7
11-20	179	38.4
21-30	159	36.2
> 30	54	20.9
Years of practice as nurse manager (N = 413)
≤ 5	337	80.8
6-10	58	13.9
11-15	13	3.1
> 15	5	1.2
Area of practice (N = 412)
Multi-clinical disciplines	40	9.6
Medical care^a	113	27.1
Surgical care^b	109	26.1
Obstetrics & Gynecology care	70	16.8
Pediatrics & Pediatric Surgical care	35	8.4
Anesthesiology & Critical care	21	5.0
Non-clinical service	12	2.9
Emergency care	12	2.9
Participation in committee that discuss ethical issues (N = 273) ^c
Yes	72	26.4
No	201	73.6

^aMedical care includes general medicine, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, psychiatry and rehabilitative care.
^bSurgical care includes general surgery, orthopedics, urology, otorhinolaryngology, cardiothoracic and neurosurgery.
^cFrom 273 nurse managers who knew there were committees that discuss ethical issues in their hospitals.

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