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Table. 4 Characteristics of the sample population concerning the Sl-NPC-SF scale and the four subscales (N = 425)

From: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Slovenian version of the nurse professional competence scale

Variable

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

NPC-SF

M(SD)

Test value / p

Gender

  Male

5.769(1.007)

6.142(1.016)

5.666(0.996)

5.666(1.083)

5.857(0.973)

  Female

5.666(0.889) (U)3342.00 / 0.153

6.142(0.701) (U)4207.00 /0.722

5.444(0.851) (U)2958.50 / 0.016

5.833(0.831) (U)4256.00 / 0.811

5.742(0.757) (U)3739.00 / 0.142

Health facilities

  Primary Health Care

5.692(0.842)

6.285(0.764)

5.333(0.817)

5.666(0.906)

5.685(0.721)

  Secondary Health Care

5.538(0.903)

6.142(0.764)

5.444(0.851)

5.833(0.767)

5.714(0.775)

  Tertiary Health Care

5.846(1.013)

6.166(0.880)

5.666(0.979)

6.000(0.916)

5.866(0.880)

  Social Welfare Institution

5.384(0.668) (H)1.916 / 0.590

6.000(0.757) (H)2.395 / 0.495

5.555(0.731) (H)4.649 / 0.199

5.833(0.668) (H)7.638 / 0.054

5.628(0.645) (H)3.290 / 0.349

  1. F1 – Development leadership and organisation of nursing care; F2 – Value-based nursing care; F3 – Documentation and administration of nursing care; F4 – Nursing care; Median (M); Standard deviation (SD); U value - Mann-Whitney U test; χ2 value - Kruskal Wallis H test; χ2 value - Pearson chi-square test; p value - statistical significance