Demographic characteristics of the participant nurses and nurses’ attitudes toward the new medication authentication system
| Ward type | |||
| Variable | Chronic | Dementia | Emergency |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 25 | 6 | 34 |
| Female | 51 | 12 | 56 |
| Age group (years) | |||
| 20–29 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
| 30–39 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 40–49 | 37 | 5 | 31 |
| 50–59 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| Over 60 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Work experience (years) | |||
| Less than 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 3–4 | 14 | 5 | 10 |
| 5–9 | 14 | 4 | 22 |
| 10–19 | 25 | 3 | 34 |
| 20–29 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| 30–39 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Over 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Anxiety | |||
| Reduced or no change | 75 | 17 | 90 |
| Increased | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Work burden | |||
| Reduced or no change | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| Increased | 56 | 13 | 56 |
| Time pressure | |||
| Reduced or no change | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| Increased | 71 | 17 | 73 |
| Burden for patient care | |||
| Reduced or no change | 30 | 2 | 37 |
| Increased | 46 | 16 | 53 |
| Average administration time per patient (s) | |||
| Per patient | 90.2±7.1 | 179.6±17.1 | 82.7±4.2 |