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Table 5 AFS categories by PSS categories cross-tabulation and mean total scores

From: Alarm fatigue and perceived stress among critical care nurses in the intensive care units: Palestinian perspectives

  

PSS category

  
  

Low

Average

High

Total

P value 1

AFS Category

Low

n

29

28

13

70

(37.4%)

< 0.001

 

% within AFS category

41.4%

40.0%

18.6%

  
 

% within PSS category

50.9%

38.4%

22.8%

  

Average

n

17

36

9

62

(33.2%)

 
 

% within AFS category

27.4%

58.1%

14.5%

  
 

% within PSS category

29.8%

49.3%

15.8%

  

High

n

11

9

35

55

(29.4%)

 
 

% within AFS category

20.0%

16.4%

63.6%

  
 

% within PSS category

19.3%

12.3%

61.4%

  

Total

n (%)

57

(30.5%)

73

(39.0%)

57

(30.5%)

187

(100%)

 

PSS overall scores

 

AFS category

Mean

SD

  

P value 2

Low

15.53b,3

4.58

  

< 0.001

Average

16.45b

4.37

   

High

19.45a

3.48

   

AFS overall scores

 

PSS category

Mean

SD

  

P value 2

Low

21.37 b, 3

5.99

  

< 0.001

Average

22.23 b

3.71

   

High

26.79 a

5.66

   
  1. 1 P value based on Fisher’s Exact test of association between AFS and PSS categories
  2. 2 P values based on One-way ANOVA, test if differences exist among categories in mean AFS and PSS scores
  3. 3 Means in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05) based on Fisher’s Protected LSD test for multiple comparisons