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Table 4 Comparison of general information of study subjects (%)

From: Evaluating the impact of an information-based education and training platform on the incidence, severity, and coping resources status of workplace violence among nurses: a quasi-experimental study

Item

Category

Intervention group (n = 140)

Control group (n = 136)

χ2/Z

P

Age

 < 30

61(43.57)

48(29.32)

-1.342a

0.180

 

30 ~ 39

49(35.00)

52(49.26)

  
 

40 ~ 49

22(15.71)

30(25.00)

  
 

 ≥ 50

8(5.71)

6(4.41)

  

Gender

Male

12(8.57)

6(4.41)

1.958

0.162

 

Female

128(91.43)

130(95.59)

  

Marital status

Married

99(70.71)

110(83.82)

4.335

0.114

 

Unmarried

37(26.43)

22(13.24)

  
 

Others

4(2.86)

4(2.94)

  

Only child

Yes

47(33.57)

55(40.44)

1.397

0.237

 

No

93(66.43)

81(59.56)

  

Education level

College and below

8(5.71)

14(10.29)

-1.579a

0.114

 

Bachelor's degree

128(91.43)

120(88.24)

  
 

Master's degree and above

4(2.86)

2(1.47)

  

Working years

 ≤ 5

29(20.71)

24(5.88)

-0.828a

0.408

 

6 ~ 10

62(44.29)

60(27.94)

  
 

11 ~ 15

24(17.14)

22(41.18)

  
 

 ≥ 16

25(17.86)

30(25.00)

  

Title

Nurse

15(10.71)

20(1.47)

-0.076a

0.940

 

Nurse Practitioner

68(48.57)

56(38.24)

  
 

Nurse Supervisor

40(28.57)

46(50.00)

  
 

Deputy Chief Nursing Officer and above

17(12.14)

14(10.29)

  

Position

Nurse

132(94.29)

127(93.38)

-0.312a

0.755

 

Head Nurse and above

8(5.71)

9(6.62)

  

Employment form

Staffed employees

31(22.14)

41(52.21)

2.292

0.130

Contract employees

109(77.86)

95(4.79)

  

Work department

Emergency

30(21.43)

29(21.32)

4.758

0.446

 

Outpatient

20(14.29)

30(22.06)

  
 

Surgery

34(24.29)

33(24.26)

  
 

Internal Medicine

28(20.00)

25(18.38)

  
 

ICU

20(14.29)

11(8.09)

  
 

Others

8(5.71)

8(5.89)

  
  1. "a"using Mann–Whitney U test