Table 1.
Description and univariate analysis of adaptive performance among junior nurses (N = 988).
| Variable | N (%) | Adaptive performance M (SD) |
t/F | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.741a | 0.460 | ||
| Male | 95 (9.6) | 60.11 (14.34) | ||
| Female | 893 (90.4) | 58.98 (10.97) | ||
| Marital status | −2.087a | 0.037 | ||
| Unmarried | 744 (75.3) | 58.66 (11.31) | ||
| Married | 244 (24.7) | 60.40 (11.30) | ||
| Highest level of nursing education | 5.709b | 0.003 | ||
| Associate degree or less | 550 (55.6) | 60.10 (11.50) | ||
| Bachelor’s degree | 428 (43.3) | 57.72 (11.01) | ||
| Master’s degree or above | 10 (1.1) | 62.20 (10.04) | ||
| Hospital grade | −0.252a | 0.801 | ||
| Grade III | 879 (89.0) | 59.06 (11.18) | ||
| Grade II | 109 (11.0) | 59.35 (12.52) | ||
| Years of experience | 5.098b | 0.006 | ||
| 6 months to 1 year | 226 (22.9) | 57.31 (11.62) | ||
| 1 year to 3 years | 416 (42.1) | 58.98 (11.15) | ||
| 3 years to 5 years | 346 (35.0) | 60.38 (11.22) | ||
| Average work hours per day | 3.067a | 0.002 | ||
| ≤8 h | 379 (38.4) | 60.49 (10.82) | ||
| >8 h | 609 (61.6) | 58.22 (11.56) | ||
| Average monthly income (RMB) | <0.001b | 1.000 | ||
| <3,000 | 227 (23.0) | 59.09 (12.10) | ||
| 3,000–6,000 | 613 (62.0) | 59.09 (11.29) | ||
| >6,000 | 148 (15.0) | 59.07 (10.29) | ||
| Occupational exposure history | −4.846a | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 377 (38.2) | 56.89 (10.95) | ||
| No | 611 (61.8) | 60.45 (11.36) |
at-value for independent samples t-test; bF-value for one-way ANOVA; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.