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Table 4 Self-ratings of statements of the complete study sample and relevant subgroup comparisons in terms of specific activities in the context of digital technology (sorted in descending order of mean rating)

From: Competencies and needs of nurse educators and clinical mentors for teaching in the digital age – a multi-institutional, cross-sectional study

Item (n)

Items could be rated from (1) “very bad” to (6) “very good”

Mean

SD

Subgroup comparison (p-values)

Job designation**

(mean ranks)

[n]

Gender*,**

(mean ranks)

[n]

Age***

(correlation coefficient****)

[n]

Print documents (n = 169)

5.5

0.674

0.026*****

(CM: 77.76 < NE: 96.41)

[161]

n.s

n.s

Edit e-mails (n = 168)

5.4

0.730

0.002*****

(CM: 75.77 < NE: 102.28)

[160]

n.s

n.s

Manage data (e.g. create folders, move/copy data) (n = 168)

5.1

1.184

0.011*****

(CM: 76.54 < NE: 99.15)

[160]

n.s

0.001*****

(-0.179)

[163]

Take digital photos (n = 167)

5.0

0.963

n.s

n.s

 < 0.001*****

(-0.244)

[161]

Downloading files from the Internet (n = 168)

4.9

1.069

n.s

n.s

n.s

Use word processing (e.g. Word) (n = 169)

4.8

1.008

 < 0.001*****

(CM: 75.10 < NE: 109.04)

[161]

n.s

n.s

Comply with data protection rules in the digital world (n = 168)

4.6

1.061

n.s

n.s

n.s

Use subject-specific portals on the Internet (n = 163)

4.5

1.135

n.s

n.s

n.s

Create a digital presentation (n = 169)

4.3

1.435

 < 0.001*****

(CM: 74.57 < NE: 111.54)

[161]

n.s

0.007*****

(-0.180)

[163]

Connect and use external devices to a PC (e.g. beamer) (n = 168)

4.3

1.411

0.001*****

(CM: 74.91 < NE: 106.86)

[160]

 < 0.001*****

(f: 71.69 < m: 98.80)

[160]

n.s

  1. *comparison between male and female; **Mann-Whitney-U test; ***Jonckheere’s trend test; ****Kendall’s tau correlation coefficient; *****statistically significant; CM Clinical mentor, NE Nurse educator, n.s. Not statistically significant