Table 2.
Mean total score for health education needs according to the nurses' and the caregivers' characteristics
| NURSING STAFF'S CHARACTERISTICS | Score for health education needs | CAREGIVERS' CHARACTERISTICS | Score for health education needs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | P (student's t-test) | Mean | SD | P(student's t-test) | ||
| GENDER | GENDER | ||||||
| Male | 54.0 | 5.3 | 0.485 | Male | 56.7 | 5.3 | 0.601 |
| Female | 53.3 | 5.7 | Female | 57.2 | 7.2 | ||
| AGE | AGE | ||||||
| <34 | 53.1 | 4.8 | 0.492* | <42 | 55.7 | 8.8 | 0.070* |
| 34-39 | 54.0 | 5.8 | 42-52 | 57.5 | 5.8 | ||
| >39 | 53.9 | 5.7 | >52 | 57.6 | 5.7 | ||
| MARITAL STATUS | MARITAL STATUS | ||||||
| Single | 53.5 | 6.2 | 0.926* | Single | 54.9 | 8.9 | 0.140* |
| Married | 53.3 | 5.5 | Married | 57.4 | 6.8 | ||
| Widower/widow-Separated-Divorced | 53.5 | 5.9 | Widower/widow-Separated-Divorced | 58.0 | 5.1 | ||
| EDUCATION | EDUCATION | ||||||
| Secondary education | 53.2 | 5.3 | 0.586 | Primary | 57.3 | 5.9 | <0.001* |
| University/T.E.I./Master level studies | 53.5 | 6.0 | Secondary | 55.6 | 7.6 | ||
| WORK EXPERIENCE (in years) | Tertiary | 59.1 | 6.2 | ||||
| <10 | 52.8 | 5.8 | 0.534* | RELATION TO PATIENT | |||
| 10-16 | 53.6 | 5.9 | Husband/Wife | 56.4 | 7.6 | 0.076* | |
| >16 | 53.6 | 5.5 | Mother/Father | 58.2 | 6.6 | ||
| POSITION | Brother/sister | 58.8 | 4.7 | ||||
| Head nurse or replacing head nurse | 52.8 | 6.9 | 0.767* | Daughter/Son | 55.6 | 5.6 | |
| Nurse | 53.5 | 5.8 | Daughter in law/Son in law | 58.9 | 5.4 | ||
| Assistant/Practical nurse | 53.1 | 5.0 | Other | 56.9 | 10.3 | ||
*analysis of variance (ANOVA)