Table 1 Personal Characteristics (n = 487)
From: Development of the competency scale for primary care managers in Thailand: Scale development
Personal Characteristics | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 283 | 58.11 |
Female | 204 | 41.89 |
Marital Status | ||
Single | 45 | 9.24 |
Married | 384 | 78.85 |
Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 58 | 11.91 |
Age (years) | ||
<35 | 24 | 4.93 |
36–40 | 71 | 14.58 |
41–45 | 92 | 18.89 |
46–50 | 108 | 22.18 |
51–55 | 142 | 29.16 |
56–59 | 50 | 10.27 |
(Mean = 47.36, SD = 7.14) | ||
Highest Educational level | ||
Certificate | 60 | 12.32 |
Bachelor degree | 341 | 70.02 |
Master degree | 86 | 17.66 |
Educational background | ||
Public Health | 381 | 78.23 |
Nurse | 82 | 16.84 |
Others (Other health sciences such as public health officers, dental hygienist, pharmacy assistant etc.) | 24 | 4.93 |
Working experience in charge of sub-district health promoting hospital directors (years) | ||
<5 | 101 | 20.74 |
6–10 | 138 | 28.34 |
11–15 | 80 | 16.43 |
16–20 | 70 | 14.37 |
21–25 | 35 | 7.19 |
26–30 | 34 | 6.98 |
>30 | 29 | 5.95 |
(Mean = 13.21, SD = 9.18) | ||
Experience in training | ||
No | 110 | 22.59 |
Yesa | 377 | 77.41 |
- Sub-district Health Promotion Hospital Director Program | 284 | 75.33 |
- First-line Public Health Administrators Training Program | 229 | 60.74 |
- Other curriculums (such as Middle Level Public Health Administrators Training Program, Modern Manager Training course) | 48 | 12.73 |