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. 2016 Jun 2;3(4):212–221. doi: 10.1002/nop2.56

Table 1.

Demographic variables stratified by high, medium and low categories of resilience scores

Resilience groupsb P value Total
Low Medium High
0–35 36–41 42–50 0·000 37 ± 7
Total n (%) 89 (37) 80 (32) 71 (29) 0·561 240
Age (in years) 28 ± 9 31 ± 11 30 ± 10 0·104 29 ± 10
Female 81 74 60 0·492 219 (89)
Male 8 6 11 0·763 26 (11)
Single 49 43 41 0·693 137 (56)
Residential status Australia 76 70 67 0·548 217 (87)
Programme of study BN 84 76 65 0·814 230 (94)
Study Full time 69 70 63 0·094 207 (85)
Mode of study on campus 70 60 61 0·469 194 (79)
Tertiary qualifications other than nursing 23 23 23 0·856 86 (35)
Been employed in the last 4 weeks 68 58 62 0·827 183 (75)
Work >20 hours week
Yes 43 34 31 0·491 110 (45)
No 45 46 40 0·523 134 (55)
Graduate programmea
Yes 54 71 63 0·000 192 (78)
No 35 9 8 0·000 53 (22)
Burnout score 29 ± 4·9 28 ± 5·6 29 ± 5·2 0·415 29 ± 5
Compassion score 32 ± 6·1 37 ± 4·2 38 ± 6 0·000 36 ± 6
Compassion Fatigue score 50 ± 10 44 ± 7·8 39 ± 9·8 0·000 45 ± 9
Mindfulness scorec 28 ± 4·0 31 ± 3·6 36 ± 4·6 0·000 32 ± 5

Values are expressed as mean ± sd, or n (%). Values are rounded and may not total 100%. Bold values indicate P < 0.05.

a

Expect to be accepted into a graduate nurse transition programme at the completion of their studies.

b

Resilience (CD‐RISC) groups determined by tertiles.

c

Mindfulness (CAMS‐R) total score.

BN, Bachelor of Nursing.