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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and single factor analysis of coping abilities of clinic nursing students (N = 1992)

From: Factors influencing the coping abilities in clinic nursing students under public health emergency (COVID-19): a cross-sectional study

Demographic characteristics

n(%)

Scores of positive coping dimension (Mean ± SD)

Scores of negative coping dimension (Mean ± SD)

Pairwise comparison

Sex

 Male

142 (7.13)

1.92 ± 0.47**

1.11 ± 0.57

 Female

1850 (92.87)

2.15 ± 0.59

1.08 ± 0.51

Education

 Junior colleges

1434 (71.99)

2.15 ± 0.59*

1.09 ± 0.53

 Undergraduate colleges

558 (28.01)

2.00 ± 0.56

1.05 ± 0.47

Place of Residence

 City

858 (43.07)

2.06 ± 0.61

1.11 ± 0.52*

There were statistically significant differences between the “city” and “rural” groups

 Township

567 (28.46)

2.03 ± 0.57

1.08 ± 0.53

 Rural

567 (28.46)

2.01 ± 0.55

1.04 ± 0.49

Infected patients around

 With

1557 (78.16)

2.05 ± 0.57*

1.07 ± 0.52*

 Without

435 (21.84)

1.89 ± 0.62

1.12 ± 0.50

Severity of epidemic around

 No epidemic

308 (15.46)

2.08 ± 0.60

1.06 ± 0.59*

There were statistically significant differences between the “very serious” and other groups

 Not serious

613 (30.77)

2.05 ± 0.55

1.07 ± 0.52

 Not very serious

736 (36.95)

2.01 ± 0.59

1.06 ± 0.50

 Serious

283 (14.21)

2.05 ± 0.59

1.12 ± 0.46

 Very serious

52 (2.61)

1.93 ± 0.66

1.30 ± 0.54

Hospital grade

 Class III

156 (7.83)

1.99 ± 0.57

1.13 ± 0.52

 Class II

103 (5.17)

1.97 ± 0.65

1.13 ± 0.56

 Class I

1733 (87.00)

2.05 ± 0.58

1.07 ± 0.51

Practice hospital as designated treatment unit

 YES

1043 (52.36)

2.28 ± 0.59**

1.09 ± 0.54

There were statistically significant differences between the “yes” and the other groups

 NO

512 (25.70)

2.00 ± 0.56

1.06 ± 0.47

 Not clear

437 (21.94)

1.97 ± 0.59

1.08 ± 0.52

Total

2.04 ± 0.58

1.08 ± 0.52

 
  1. *:P<0.05; **:P<0.01