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. 2025 Jul 22;18:6. doi: 10.18502/jmehm.v18i6.19212

Table 1.

Relationship among scores of compassionate care, citizenship behavior and moral distress, and demographic variables

Qualitative Variables N (%) CCFN
Mean ± SD
OCB
Mean ± SD
Moral Distress
Mean ± SD
Gender Male 74 (24.7) 118.175±12.719 54.716±8.136 103.364±30.220
Female 226 (75.3) 123.234±15.713 54.269±7.405 100.119±22.309
P-value 0.248 0.511 0.692
Age 20 - 30 172 (57.3) 120.040±16.457 53.261±8.138 103.959±29.887
30 - 40 84 (28) 122.738±13.040 54.690±6.226 99.345±32.097
> 40 44 (14.7) 128.159±11.802 58.159±6.444 92.045±37.059
P-value **0.005 ***0.001 0.074
Work Experience (Years) 1 - 10 198 (66) 120.378±16.04 53.151±7.875 103.328±29.893
10 - 20 83 (27.7) 124.638±12.331 56.444±6.190 98.397±33.376
20 - 30 19 (6.3) 126.777±15.618 56.879±7.374 86.500±41.802
P-value *0.037 ***0.001 0.069
Marital Status Married 149 (49.7) 123.530±13.289 55.449±7.182 96.389±33.925
Single 151 (50.3) 120.463±16.723 53.324±7.835 105.390±25.030
P-value 0.08 *0.015 *0.014
Position Nurse 287 (95.7) 121.919±15.150 54.177±7.404 101.905±31.603
Head nurse 13 (4.3) 123.461±16.107 58.846±10.131 79.153±574
P-value 0.710 0.142 0.692
Education Level Bachelor’s degree 267 (83.3) 121.779±15.259 54.393±7.384 102.501±817
Master’s degree 27 (16.7) 122.111±15.663 54.481±10.043 86.814±30.964
PhD 6 (2) 130.666±1.366 53.333±3.141 94±20.218
P-value 0.366 0.942 *0.043
Ward Surgical ward 140 (46.7) 195.450±17.256 53.892±7.902 99.485±33.158
Medical ward 160 (53.3) 124.206±12.715 102.175±30.634 102.175±30.634
P-value 0.512 0.765 0.583
Shift Fixed morning 26 (8.7) 129.038±12.173 58.346±5.959 86.846±40.198
Fixed evening 8 (2.7) 121.375±11.400 74.875±10.260 127.750±26.337
Fixed night 2 (0.6) 94 ±0.001 56±0.001 122±0.001
Rotating 264 (88) 121.522±15.261 54.174±7.500 101.333±30.551
P-value 0.603 0.509 0.510
*

P < 0.05,

**

P < 0.01,

***

P < 0.001. CCFN: compassionate care for nurses; OCB: organizational citizenship behavior; SD: standard deviation