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Table 4 Demographic and health-related characteristics by latent class

From: Health characteristics and factors associated with transition shock in newly graduated registered nurses: a latent class analysis

 

high transition shock

(n = 78)

n(%)

physical fatigue - lack of knowledge (n = 122)

n(%)

development adaptation (n = 88)

n(%)

low transition shock-worry (n = 43)

n(%)

χ2/F

p

Gender

    

2.255

0.521

Female

71 (91)

109 (89.3)

75 (85.2)

36 (83.7)

  

Male

7 (9)

13 (10.7)

13 (14.8)

7 (16.3)

  

Age(‾x ± s)

22.95 ± 1.77

22.83 ± 1.5

22.86 ± 1.67

22.49 ± 1.88

0.721

0.540

Education level

    

18.571 a

0.004

Associate degree

21 (34.6)

24 (19.7)

24 (27.3)

23 (53.5)

  

Bachelor’s degree

48 (61.5)

88 (72.1)

59 (67)

18 (41.9)

  

Master’s degree

9 (11.4)

10 (8.2)

5 (5.7)

2 (4.6)

  

Family situation

    

1.483

0.686

Only child

10 (12.8)

23 (18.9)

15 (17)

6 (14)

  

Nononly child

68 (87.2)

99 (81.1)

73 (83)

37 (86)

  

Night shift frequency

    

2.147 a

0.915

0–4 times/month

59 (75.6)

89 (73.0)

59 (67.0)

31 (72.1)

  

5–9 times/month

13 (16.7)

25 (20.5)

22 (25.0)

9 (20.9)

  

More than 10 times/month

5 (6.4)

8 (6.5)

7 (8.0)

3 (7.0)

  

BMI(‾x ± s)

20.33 ± 2.56

20.11 ± 2.09

20.47 ± 2.70

20.61 ± 2.97

0.599 b

0.540

Frequency of urination

    

19.499

0.002

Less than 4 times

25 (32)

36 (29.5)

9 (10.2)

13 (30.2)

  

4 to 8 times

52 (66.7)

81 (66.4)

71 (80.7)

29 (67.5)

  

More than 8 times

1 (1.2)

5 (4.1)

8 (9.1)

1 (2.3)

  

Hold off pissy

    

21.673

< 0.001

Yes

66 (84.6)

100 (82)

61 (69.3)

22 (51.2)

  

No

12 (15.4)

22 (18)

27 (30.7)

21 (48.8)

  

Duration of sleep

    

18.186 a

0.002

Less than 6 h

41 (52.7)

44 (30.1)

22 (25)

17 (39.5)

  

7 to 8 h

36 (46.1)

76 (62.3)

65 (73.9)

23 (53.5)

  

More than 8 h

1 (1.2)

2 (1.6)

1 (1.1)

3 (7)

  

Disturbance of sleep

    

49.977 a

< 0.001

Never

24 (30.8)

69 (56.6)

67 (76.1)

36 (83.7)

  

Once or twice a week

31 (39.7)

34 (27.9)

16 (18.2)

5 (11.6)

  

More than 2 times per week

23 (29.5)

19 (15.5)

5 (5.7)

2 (4.7)

  

Quality of sleep

    

24.593

< 0.001

Good

8 (10.3)

13 (10.7)

15 (17)

9 (20.9)

  

Average

42 (53.8)

84 (68.9)

64 (72.7)

31 (72.1)

  

Poor

28 (35.9)

25 (20.4)

9 (10.2)

3 (7)

  
  1. Abbreviations: a, Fisher’s exact test; b, Analysis of variance