Table 6.
Comparisons of demographic characteristics of respondents at both Time 1 and time 2 and CNO databasea
| Variable |
Mean (SD)/Count (Proportion) |
p value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1b | T2b | CNO | T1 vs CNO | T2 vs CNO | T1 vs T2 | |
| Age |
43.4 (10.8) |
44.7 (10.2) |
45.88 (12.0) |
<0.0001 |
0.0487 |
0.0425 |
| Experience in nursing |
13.3 (10.8) |
14.9 (11.4) |
18.61 (12.9) |
<0.0001 |
0.0009 |
0.1887 |
| Female |
680 (95.9) |
443 (95.9) |
144167 (94.6) |
0.8524 |
0.8822 |
0.9850 |
| Professional designationRN |
527 (73.7) |
350 (75.4) |
114625 (75.7) |
<0.0001 |
<0.0001 |
0.3239 |
| RPN |
168 (23.5) |
99 (21.3) |
36574 (24.0) |
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| RN (EC) |
20 (2.8) |
15 (3.2) |
1206 (0.8) |
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| EducationDiploma/Certificate |
422 (59.3) |
277 (60.1) |
97857 (68.7) |
<0.0001 |
<0.0001 |
0.6458 |
| Bachelors |
229 (32.2) |
140 (30.4) |
36745 (25.8) |
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| Masters and Doctorate | 61 (8.6) | 44 (9.6) | 7841 (5.5) | |||
T1=Time 1, T2=Time 2, and CNO=College of Nurse of Ontario database.
at test for age and Experience in nursing, binomial proportion test for Female, and chi-square test for Education.
bCalculations were based on the number of surveys returned with valid response at Time 1 and Time 2.