Table 1 Demographic and occupational characteristics of the participants
Variable | Ward | N (%) | Mean (SD) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Surgical | 33.81 (8.09) | .11 | ||
Medical | 32.68 (6.62) | ||||
Critical care | 33.75 (6.50) | ||||
Total | 33.34 (7.20) | ||||
Nursing experience | Surgical | 9.78 (7.22) | .55 | ||
Medical | 9.19 (6.29) | ||||
Critical care | 9.53 (5.95) | ||||
Total | 9.49 (6.58) | ||||
Gender | Male | Surgical | 27 (9.57) | < 0.001 | |
Medical | 30 (9.93) | ||||
Critical care | 44 (27.67) | ||||
Total | 101 (13.59) | ||||
Female | Surgical | 255 (90.43) | |||
Medical | 272 (90.07) | ||||
Critical care | 115 (72.33) | ||||
Total | 642 (86.41) | ||||
Nurse’s educational level | Bachelor of Science | Surgical | 263 (93.26) | .59 | |
Medical | 284 (94.04) | ||||
Critical care | 152 (95.60) | ||||
Total | 699 (94.08) | ||||
Master of Science | Surgical | 19 (6.74) | |||
Medical | 18 (5.96) | ||||
Critical care | 7 (4.40) | ||||
Total | 44 (5.92) | ||||
Marital status | Single | Surgical | 108 (38.30) | .34 | |
Medical | 109 (36.0) | ||||
Critical care | 57 (35.85) | ||||
Total | 274 (36.88) | ||||
married | Surgical | 165 (58.50) | |||
Medical | 190 (62.91) | ||||
Critical care | 99 (62.26) | ||||
Total | 454 (61.10) | ||||
Divorce | Surgical | 6 (2.10) | |||
Medical | 3 (0.99) | ||||
Critical care | 2 (1.26) | ||||
Total | 11 (1.49) | ||||
Widow | Surgical | 3 (1.10) | |||
Medical | 0 (0.00) | ||||
Critical care | 0 (0.00) | ||||
Total | 3 (0.40) | ||||
Living alone | Surgical | 0 (0.00) | |||
Medical | 0 (0.00) | ||||
Critical care | 1 (0.63) | ||||
Total | 1 (0.13) | ||||