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Table 5 Factors affecting nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward PCA

From: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative pain control in a tertiary hospital in South Korea

Variables

B

SE

β

t

p

95% CI

Constant

53.85

1.09

49.49

<.001

51.70–56.00

≥Postgraduate

1.35

1.73

.08

0.78

.438

−2.08–4.77

Experience of education on PCA

3.51

1.11

.26

3.18

.002

1.32–5.70

Clinical surgical ward experience (5–10 yr)

3.35

1.26

.23

2.66

.009

0.85–5.85

Clinical surgical ward experience (≥10 yr)

3.64

1.50

.24

2.43

.017

0.67–6.61

Ward (Upper abdomen)

3.73

1.08

.30

3.45

.001

1.59–5.88

Ward (Lower abdomen)

2.38

1.09

.19

2.19

.030

0.23–4.53

 

R2 = 0.299, Adj. R2 = 0.261, F = 7.83, p < .001

Durbin-Watson = 2.08, Tolerance = 0.64–0.95, VIF = 1.05–1.55

  1. (N = 117)
  2. SE standard error; CI confidence interval; PCA patient-controlled analgesia; VIF Variation Inflation Factor