Table 3.

The comparison of the participant characteristics and the turnover intention (N = 1060)

Variables	Categories	Turnover intention	t/F Value	P
Gender	Male	2.01 ± 0.93	2.013	0.044*
	Female	1.80 ± 0.85
Age(years)	≤ 25	1.84 ± 0.86	8.863	<0.001**
	26–30	1.92 ± 0.91
	31–35	1.94 ± 0.90
	36–40	1.75 ± 0.81
	>40	1.50 ± 0.65
Education level	Technical secondary school	1.77 ± 0.80	0.34	0.712
	Junior college	1.80 ± 0.87
	Undergraduate and above	1.84 ± 0.85
Marital status	Single	1.88 ± 0.87	1.598	0.203
	Married	1.79 ± 0.86
	Divorced/Widowed	1.63 ± 0.74
Fertility status	Unmarried and childless	1.92 ± 0.89	0.709	0.492
	Married and childless	1.77 ± 0.86
	Married and childbearing	1.75 ± 0.80
Situation of raising children	Childless	1.89 ± 0.87	3.527	0.03*
	Raising alone	1.66 ± 0.85
	Raising with others	1.82 ± 0.85
Living status	With family	1.79 ± 0.85	2.383	0.093
	With friends	1.97 ± 0.91
	Alone	1.79 ± 0.81
Times of weekly exercise	0	1.89 ± 0.88	4.496	0.011*
	2–3	1.77 ± 0.83
	≥ 3	1.65 ± 0.84
Chronic disease history	Yes	1.79 ± 0.85	2.962	0.003*
	No	2.07 ± 0.91
Sufferring negative life events	Yes	1.77 ± 0.84	3.356	0.001*
	No	2.00 ± 0.92
Hospital level	Tertiary hospitals	1.83 ± 0.88	1.216	0.225
	secondary hospital	1.76 ± 0.78
Hospital type	Special hospital	1.75 ± 0.88	-1.154	0.249
	General hospital	1.83 ± 0.85
Employment status	Regular	1.71 ± 0.84	-3.35	0.001*
	Contract	1.89 ± 0.86
Professional title	Nurse	1.82 ± 0.86	4.013	0.007*
	Secondary nurse	1.89 ± 0.89
	Chief nurse	1.78 ± 0.83
	Deputy chief nurse and above	1.50 ± 0.67
Working experiences (years)	≤ 5	1.85 ± 0.84	7.628	<0.001**
	>5 and <10	1.94 ± 0.93
	>10 and ≤ 15	1.85 ± 0.89
	>15 and ≤ 20	1.78 ± 0.80
	>20	1.51 ± 0.67
Working experience in operating theatre (years)	≤ 5	1.86 ± 0.87	5.175	<0.001**
	>5 and <10	1.90 ± 0.90
	>10 and ≤ 15	1.82 ± 0.87
	>15 and ≤ 20	1.66 ± 0.72
	>20	1.53 ± 0.69
Weekly working hours(hours)	<40	1.70 ± 0.81	5.972	<0.001**
	≥ 40 and ≤ 50	1.79 ± 0.84
	>50 and ≤ 60	1.86 ± 0.88
	>60	2.19 ± 0.99
Times of monthly night shifts	0	1.63 ± 0.77	4.052	0.007**
	≥ 1 and ≤ 3	1.84 ± 0.87
	≥ 4 and ≤ 5	1.88 ± 0.88
	≥ 6	1.89 ± 0.88
Monthly income(yuan )	<3000	1.96 ± 0.90	6.267	<0.001**
	3000–3999	1.95 ± 0.88
	4000–4999	1.91 ± 0.95
	≥ 5000	1.71 ± 0.78
Family support for jobs	Support	1.68 ± 0.79	35.868	<0.001**
	A little bit support	2.18 ± 0.87
	Nonsupport	2.90 ± 0.22
	Encourage to quit the job	3.01 ± 1.11
Personal view for jobs	Very like	1.40 ± 0.74	53.135	<0.001**
	Like	1.64 ± 0.72
	A bit like	2.07 ± 0.85
	Dislike	3.16 ± 0.58
	Very dislike	3.08 ± 1.09

Annotation: * means p < 0.05; * * means p < 0.01