Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents and willingness to recruit EPA nurses (n = 432)
From: Factors associated with the recruitment of foreign nurses in Japan: a nationwide study of hospitals
Item | n | (%) | Willingness to recruit EPA nurses | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Respondents | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Directors/CEOs | 166 | 38.4 | 22.6 | 0.651 |
 Managers | 163 | 38.2 | 18.9 | |
 Head nurses | 98 | 23.0 | 19.4 | |
Type of hospital | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Private hospitals | 381 | 88.2 | 21.0 | 0.113 |
 Public hospitals | 50 | 11.6 | 12.5 | |
 N.A | 1 | 0.2 |  |  |
Number of beds | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Less than 99 | 305 | 70.6 | 18.3 | 0.211 |
 100–499 | 116 | 26.9 | 25.2 |  |
 500 and above | 11 | 2.5 | 10.0 |  |
Recruiting Japanese nurses | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Very hard/hard | 347 | 80.3 | 21.8 | 0.047 |
 Not so hard/not hard | 75 | 17.4 | 12.5 |  |
 N.A | 10 | 2.3 |  |  |
Knowledge about EPA | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Know very much/much | 136 | 31.5 | 19.4 | 0.473 |
 Not so much/not at all | 292 | 67.6 | 20.3 |  |
 N.A | 4 | 0.9 |  |  |
Interest in policies on EPA nurses | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Very much/much | 216 | 50.0 | 34.9 | < 0.0001 |
 Not so much/not at all | 211 | 48.8 | 4.8 |  |
 N.A | 5 | 1.2 |  |  |
Willingness to recruit EPA nurses in the future | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Very much/much | 86 | 20.4 | – | – |
 Not so much/not at all | 336 | 79.6 | – | – |
 N.A | 10 | 2.3 |  |  |