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Table 1 Sample characteristics (n = 115)

From: Nurses’ job stress and its impact on quality of life and caring behaviors: a cross-sectional study

variable

(%) n

Job stress

SF-12a

Care behavior

Mean(SD a )

P -value

Mean(SD)

P -value

Mean(SD)

P -value

Gender

  Male

44(38.3)

2.49 (0.50)

< 0.001

62.18(16.08)

0.01b

41.64(11.24)

0.007

  Women

71 (61.7)

2.95(0.49)

53.21(18.44)

36.11(7.36)

Age (year)

  < 25

26 (22.6)

2.61 (0.39)

< 0.001

58.55(14.84)

0.879c

42.58(10.58)

0.090

  25–29

37 (32.2)

2.67(0.52)

58.41(19.01)

37.30(10.58)

  30–34

20 (17.4)

2.89 (0.66)

57.36(21.65)

37.10(7.29)

  35–39

12 (10.4)

3.07 (0.48)

54.63(15.13)

39.50(14.41)

  40–44

5 (4.3)

3.10(0.08)

49.44(18.25)

37.60(7.12)

  45–49

9 (7.8)

2.43 (0.44)

52.78(14.76)

32.44(5.15)

  > 50

6 (5.2)

3.41 (0.49)

50.93(25.49)

35.50(9.52)

Marital status

  single

53 (46.1)

2.69(0.47)

0.149

57.23(18.18)

0.824

40.30(9.91)

0.012

  married

62 (53.9)

2.84(0.60)

56.14(18.06)

36.45(8.61)

Education status

  Bachelor

107 (93.0)

2.76(0.56)

0.353

56.26(18.35)

0.404

38.28(9.61)

0.822

  Masters

8 (7.0)

2.95(0.25)

61.81(13.00)

37.50(5.97)

Employment Status

  Official

73 (63.5)

2.86(0.55)

0.031

55.56(17.83)

0.397

37.88(9.49)

0.601

  Contractual

42 (36.5)

2.63(0.52)

58.53(18.48)

38.83(9.31)

Working position

  Supervisor

6 (5.2)

2.61 (0.60)

0.575

2.61 (0.60)

0.404

33.50(5.08)

0.339

  head-nurse

8 (7.0)

2.92 (0.27)

2.92 (0.27)

36.65 (8.10)

  Nurse

101 (87.8)

2.77 (0.56)

2.77 (0.56)

38.65 (9.64)

Shift

  Morning

14 (12.2)

2.79(0.36)

0.966

62.50(11.15)

0.980

33.71(6.79)

0.735

  Rotated

101 (87.8)

2.77(0.57)

55.83(18.70)

38.85(9.55)

The number of night shifts per month

  0

8 (7.0)

2.88(0.24)

0.477

52.43(19.83)

0.653

52.43(19.83)

0.791

  4 ≥

7 (6.0)

2.98(0.16)

61.11(11.45)

57.25(18.05)

  > 4

100 (87.0)

2.75(0.57)

56.67(18.34)

56.88(18.05)

Nurse’s department

  Male Internal medicine

23 (20.0)

22.94 (5.33)

0.002

50.12(15.20)

0.071

6.91(9.41)

0.300

  Female Internal medicine

22 (19.1)

23.74 (4.30)

58.46(22.32)

37.45(8.16)

  ICU b

11 (9.6)

28.70 (3.35)

48.99(19.49)

38.45(5.57)

  CCU c

6 (5.2)

27.53 (0.40)

69.44(0.00)

34.33(9.18)

  Diyaliz

11 (9.6)

22.78 (5.54)

68.18(10.56)

44.55(14.61)

  Surgery

23 (20.0)

25.20 (5.30)

57.13(20.35)

39.22(10.06)

  Emergency

13 (11.3)

28.31 (3.02)

55.13(15.70)

38.23(9.39)

  Nurse director office

6 (5.2)

23.68 (5.58)

56.48(9.07)

33.50(5.08)

  1. a Standard Deviation, b Intensive care units, c Coronary care unit