Relationships between depression, self-efficacy, and professional values among Chinese oncology nurses: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of nurses (N = 2530)

Characteristics	Category	n (%)	Self-efficacy		Professional values
Characteristics	Category	n (%)	F/t	P	F/t	P
Work unit
	Specialized hospital	271 (10.7)	1.162	0.245	-1.055	0.292
	General hospital	2259 (89.3)	1.162	0.245	-1.055	0.292
Hospital level
	Tertiary hospital	1756 (69.4)	6.714	0.001	21.985	0.000
	Secondary Hospital	691 (27.3)
	Other	83 (3.3)
Gender
	Male	39 (1.5)	-0.973	0.331	1.318	0.195
	Female	2491 (98.5)	-0.973	0.331	1.318	0.195
Age (years)
	≤ 25	423 (16.7)	3.797	0.004	1.134	0.339
	26–30	675 (26.7)
	31–35	749 (29.6)
	36–40	334 (13.2)
	> 40	349 (13.8)
Working years
	≤ 5	583 (23.0)	5.769	0.000	0.742	0.563
	6–10	807 (31.9)
	11–15	571 (22.6)
	16–20	250 (9.9)
	> 20	319 (12.6)
Working years in the oncology department
	< 1	558 (22.1)	7.516	0.000	2.433	0.045
	1–5	808 (31.9)
	6–10	786 (31.1)
	11–15	258 (10.2)
	> 15	120 (4.7)
First degree
	Secondary	730 (28.9)	3.101	0.026	1.312	0.269
	Junior	1338 (52.9)
	Undergraduate	459 (18.1)
	Master’s or higher	3 (0.1)
Highest degree
	Secondary	42 (1.7)	9.789	0.000	28.569	0.000
	Junior	541 (21.4)
	Undergraduate	1854 (73.3)
	Master’s or higher	93 (3.7)
Professional title
	Junior nurse	352 (13.9)	8.784	0.000	12.788	0.000
	Senior nurse	995 (39.3)
	Supervisor nurse	1001 (39.6)
	The associate chief nurse or higher	182 (7.2)
Marital status
	Married	1828 (72.3)	20.025	0.000	36.048	0.000
	Singer	654 (25.8)
	Windowed or divorced	48 (1.9)
Birth condition
	One child	956 (37.8)	4.793	0.008	3.861	0.021
	Two or more children	725 (28.7)
	No children	849 (33.6)

Percentage sums of categorical variables may not equal 100% due to rounding; Bolded means P < 0.05.

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