Table1. Basic attributes of the participant (N=427)
Participants Hospital Nurse Visiting Nurse Total
349 78 427
Mean Mean  
Years of clinical nurse experience 19.64 18.82  
Years of experience as a visiting nurse 8.32  
    n n  n (%)
Location of hospitals and offices      
  Hokkaido 60 4 64 (15.0)
Tohoku 24 2 26 (6.1)
Kanto 96 3 99 (23.2)
Chubu 66 19 85 (19.9)
Kinki 33 15 48 (11.2)
Chugoku 4 22 26 (6.1)
Shikoku 6 7 13 (3.0)
Kyushu-Okinawa 56 5 61 (14.3)
  Not answered 4 1 5 (1.2)
Number of hospital beds      
  20 - 99 beds 31 -  
100 - 199 beds 91 -  
200 - 399 beds 151 -  
400 - 599 beds 53 -  
Over 600 beds 16 -  
  Not answered 7 -  
Number of users in charge      
  3 people or less - 8  
4 - 10 people - 21  
11 - 20 people - 21  
21 - 30 people - 11  
31 people or more - 2  
  Not answered - 15  
Job titles      
  nursing manager 8 22  
head nurse 54 -  
chief nurse 114 -  
nursing staff 173 54  
Not answered 2  
Whether to introduce electronic medical records    
  introduced 321 64 385 (90.2)
Not introduced 27 10 37 (8.7)
  Not answered 1 4 5 (1.2)
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