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. 2025 Jan 18;15(1):e088329. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088329

Table 3. Overseas qualified nurses’ safety attitudes by sociodemographic characteristics.

Attribute 1. Teamwork climate 2. Safety climate 3. Job satisfaction 4. Stress recognition 5. Perceptions of management 6. Working conditions
Age (years)
 20s (n=91) 71.05 (15.83) 68.32 (15.60) 58.26 (23.41) 73.40 (17.02) 63.94 (22.00) 59.25 (22.46)
 ≥30s (n=123) 76.61 (13.47) 72.85 (14.17) 67.17 (18.63) 72.85 (19.99) 67.10 (18.92) 66.80 (19.40)
  p1 0.019 0.037 0.008 0.749 0.482 0.030
Nationality
 East Asia (n=168) 72.43 (14.78) 69.00 (15.13) 61.53 (21.71) 75.63 (15.97) 64.10 (21.51) 60.79 (21.79)
 Southeast Asia (n=46) 80.89 (12.69) 77.95 (11.89) 70.16 (17.88) 63.77 (24.57) 71.82 (13.58) 73.82 (14.05)
  p2 0.001 <0.001 0.011 0.005 0.059 <0.001
Educational level
 Vocational school/junior college (n=68) 74.27 (14.01) 70.86 (15.12) 59.74 (21.44) 69.76 (18.87) 61.76 (20.19) 63.27 (21.66)
 University or higher (n=146) 74.24 (15.12) 70.96 (14.90) 65.08 (20.96) 74.63 (18.55) 67.62 (20.14) 63.74 (20.83)
  p3 0.968 0.472 0.122 0.045 0.056 0.861
Qualification years in Japan
 <3 (n=60) 73.32 (15.77) 72.87 (13.62) 59.48 (25.06) 67.88 (20.05) 67.06 (19.46) 66.46 (20.78)
 3–5 (n=85) 73.83 (14.51) 67.40 (16.12) 62.42 (19.37) 74.78 (18.83) 64.56 (21.64) 58.33 (22.11)
 >5 (n=69) 75.57 (14.22) 73.58 (13.80) 67.97 (19.10) 75.51 (16.75) 66.10 (19.49) 67.57 (18.73)
  p4 0.83 0.037 0.165 0.073 0.938 0.021
Total (n=214) 74.25 (14.74) 70.93 (14.93) 63.38 (21.21) 73.08 (18.74) 65.76 (20.30) 63.59 (21.04)

Mean (SD), ranging from 0.00 to 100.00.

p1–p4: Significance level between groups using the Mann–Whitney test (for two groups) or Kruskal–Wallis test (for three groups).