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Table 5 Factors Associated with Nursing Professionalism among Nurses

From: Factors Associated with Nursing Professionalism: Insights from Tertiary Care Center in India

Variables

High Professionalism

Frequency (%)

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Yes (N = 143; 53.0%)

No (N = 127; 47.0%)

Age group

 Young (23-27)

 Middle (28-32)

 Old (33-36)

80 (49.7)

57 (59.4)

6 (46.2)

81 (50.3)

39 (40.6)

7 (53.8)

0.86 (0.27–2.69)

0.58 (0.18–1.87)

1

 

Gender

 Male

 Female

24 (51.1)

119 (53.4)

23 (48.9)

104 (46.6)

1.097 (0.58–2.05)

1

 

Marital status

 Unmarried

 Married

97 (51.1)

46 (57.5)

93 (48.9)

34 (42.5)

1.29 (0.76–2.19)

1

 

If married, having child

 No

 Yes

116 (52.0)

27 (57.4)

107 (48.0)

20 (42.6)

1.24 (0.66–2.35)

1

 

Professional qualification

 Diploma in Nursing

 BSc Nursing

 MSc Nursing

10 (33.3)

112 (53.1)

21 (72.4)

20 (66.7)

99 (46.9)

8 (27.6)

1

5.25 (1.72–15.98)*

2.32 (0.98–5.47)

1

4.77 (1.16–19.68)*

2.04 (0.67–6.17)

Total working experience (years)

 < 1

 2–5

 > 5

42 (56.8)

67 (52.3)

34 (50.0)

32 (43.2)

61 (47.7)

34 (50.0)

0.76 (0.39–1.47)

0.91 (0.50–1.64)

1

 

Personal satisfaction

 Satisfied

 Not satisfied

62 (56.9)

81 (50.3)

47 (43.1)

80 (49.7)

1.30 (0.79–2.12)

1

 

Job satisfaction

 Satisfied

 Not satisfied

51 (58.6)

92 (50.3)

36 (41.4)

91 (49.7)

1.40 (0.83–2.34)

1

 

Effective interpersonal relationship with patients

 Yes

 No

25 (50.0)

118 (53.6)

25 (50.0)

102 (46.4)

0.86 (0.46–1.59)

1

 

Effective interpersonal relationship with healthcare team

 Yes

 No

61 (51.3)

82 (54.3)

58 (48.7)

69 (45.7)

0.88 (0.54–1.43)

1

 

Up-to-date training

 Yes

 No

 Up to some extent

15 (50.0)

69 (47.3)

59 (62.8)

15 (50.0)

77 (52.7)

35 (37.2)

1.88 (0.73–3.86)

1

1.88 (1.10–3.19)*

0.70 (0.21–2.27)

1

4.13 (1.88–9.06)**

Career Opportunity

 Adequate

 Not adequate

131 (75.3)

12 (12.5)

43 (24.7)

84 (87.5)

21.32 (10.63–42.77)**

1

33.91 (14.48–79.39)**

1

Participating in the research projects

 Yes

 No

75 (53.2)

68 (52.7)

66 (46.8)

61 47.3)

1.01(0.63–1.64)

1

 

Location of institute

 Satisfactory

 Unsatisfactory

91 (50.6)

52 (57.8)

89 (49.4)

38 (42.2)

0.74 (0.44–1.24)

1

 

Work Schedule

 Satisfied

 Not satisfied

119 (54.9)

24 (46.4)

99 (45.4)

28 (53.8)

1.40 (0.76–2.57)

1

 

Human Resource availability

 Adequate

 Not adequate

108 (50.9)

35 (60.3)

104 (49.1)

23 (39.7)

0.68 (0.37–1.23)

1

 

Material Resource availability

 Adequate

 Not adequate

82 (56.9)

61 (48.4)

62 (43.1)

65 (61.6)

1.40 (0.87–2.27)

1

1.93 (0.99–3.76)

1

Colleagues performance appraisal

 Yes

 No

128 (53.6)

15 (48.4)

111 (46.4)

16 (51.6)

1.23 (0.58–2.60)

1

 
  1. Abbreviations AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, crude odds ratio; B.Sc. Nursing-Bachelor of Science in Nursing; M.Sc. Nursing- Master of Science in Nursing
  2. Highly significant = **p-value < 0.01, *p-value ≤ 0.05