| Characteristics | All nurses N = 139 | DC experiences | P value | |
| Yes n = 43 | No n = 96 | |||
| Gender, no. (%)* |
|
|
| 0.08 |
| Men | 20 (14.4) | 3 (7.0) | 17 (17.7) | － |
| Women | 119 (85.6) | 40 (93.0) | 79 (82.3) | － |
| Affiliation, no. (%)* |
|
|
| < 0.01 |
| HCU | 95 (68.4) | 23 (53.5) | 72 (75.0) | 0.01 |
| Others† ER | 29 (20.9) | 5 (11.6) | 24 (25.0) | 0.06 |
| Palliative Care Ward | 15 (10.8) | 15 (34.9) | 0 (0) | < 0.01 |
| Clinical experience, Median (IQR), y‡ | 7 (3 - 14.8) | 11 (5.5 - 20) | 5 (3 - 11) | 0.01 |
| Age group, no. (%)* |
|
|
| 0.09 |
| < 30 | 66 (47.5) | 15 (34.9) | 51 (53.1) | 0.06 |
| 30 - 39 | 44 (31.7) | 15 (34.9) | 29 (30.2) | 0.58 |
| ≥ 40 | 29 (20.9) | 13 (30.2) | 16 (16.7) | 0.07 |
| Academic background, no. (%)* |
|
|
| 0.10 |
| Technical college | 70 (50.4) | 18 (41.9) | 52 (54.2) | 0.18 |
| Junior college | 14 (10.1) | 8 (18.6) | 6 (6.3) | 0.03 |
| Four-year university | 31 (22.3) | 8 (18.6) | 23 (24.0) | 0.48 |
| Others§ | 24 (17.3) | 9 (20.9) | 15 (15.6) | 0.44 |
| The number of postmortem experiences, no. (%)* |
|
|
| 0.01 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | － |
| 1 - 9 | 41 (29.5) | 10 (23.3) | 31 (32.3) | 0.32 |
| 10 - 19 | 29 (20.9) | 4 (9.3) | 25 (26.0) | 0.02 |
| ≥ 20 | 69 (49.6) | 29 (67.4) | 40 (41.7) | < 0.01 |
| Number of DC experiences, Median (IQR), y‡ | 5.5 (2 - 22.5) |
|
| － |