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. 2016 Nov 14;15:33. doi: 10.1186/s12991-016-0121-3

Table 3.

Distribution of the Resilience Scale for Adults scores of oncology nurses according to their socio-demographic characteristics and career attributes

Resilience Scale for Adults
Structural style (median, IQR) Perception of future (median, IQR) Family cohesion (median, IQR) Perception of self (median, IQR) Social competence (median, IQR) Social resources (median, IQR)
Age groups (years)
 19–27 17.00 (12.0;18.0) 17.00 (15.0; 20.0) 24.00 (20.0; 26.0) 24.00 (20.0; 26.0) 22.00 (19.0; 24.0) 29.00 (27.0; 32.0)
 28–35 15.00 (13.0; 16.0) 15.00 (12.0; 19.0) 23.00 (20.0; 26.0) 24.00 (21.0; 27.0) 23.00 (20.0; 26.0) 31.00 (28.0; 34.0)
 36–44 16.00 (15.0; 19.0) 16.00 (14.0; 19.0) 25.00 (21.0; 28.0) 26.00 (22.0; 28.0) 22.00 (20.0; 28.0) 31.00 (29.0; 33.0)
 45–53 16.00 (14.0; 20.0) 17.00 (15.0; 19.5) 25.00 (21.0; 27.0) 26.00 (23.0; 29.5) 26.00 (23.0; 30.0) 32.00 (29.0; 35.0)
KW = 12.268, p = 0.007* KW = 3.854, p = 0.278 KW = 2.075, p = 0.557 KW = 8.008, p = 0.046* KW = 4.938, p = 0.176 KW = 4.930, p = 0.177
Education status
 High school 16.00 (14.0; 18.5) 17.00 (14.5; 20.0) 25.00 (22.0; 28.0) 24.00 (22.0; 28.5) 22.00 (20.0; 27.0) 29.00 (27.0; 32.0)
 Associate’s degree 16.00 (15.0; 20.0) 16.00 (14.0; 20.0) 25.00 (22.0; 27.0) 26.00 (24.0; 29.0) 24.00 (20.0; 29.0) 32.00 (31.0; 35.0)
 Bachelor’s degree 16.00 (13.0; 18.0) 16.00 (13.2; 19.0) 23.00 (20.0; 26.7) 24.00 (21.0; 27.0) 23.00 (20.0; 26.7) 31.00 (28.0; 34.0)
 Higher education 15.00 (12.0; 18.0) 15.00 (14.0; 17.0) 23.00 (20.0; 26.0) 21.00 (19.0; 26.2) 21.00 (19.0; 24.0) 30.00 (28.0; 33.0)
KW = 2.733, p = 0.435 KW = 1.577, p = 0.665 KW = 3.632, p = 0.304 KW = 6.462, p = 0.091 KW = 2.726, p = 0.436 KW = 10.045, p = 0.018*
Have children
 Yes 16.00 (14.0; 18.5) 16.00 (14.0; 19.0) 25.00 (21.5.0; 27.0) 26.00 (22.0; 28.0) 23.00 (20.5; 27.5) 31.00 (29.0; 34.0)
 No 15.50 (12.7; 17.7) 16.00 (13.0; 19.0) 23.00 (20.0; 26.0) 24.00 (21.0; 26.5) 22.00 (19.0; 26.0) 31.00 (28.0; 33.0)
MU = 2054,000, p = 0.155 MU = 2321,50, p = 0.780 MU = 1980,50, p = 0.084 MU = 1880,00, p = 0.044* MU = 2029,50, p = 0.129 MU = 2218,50, p = 0.472
Number of years in the field (years)
 1–8 16.00 (13.0; 17.0) 16.00 (13.0; 19.0) 24.00 (21.0; 26.0) 23.00 (20.2; 26.0) 22.00 (19.0; 25.7) 30.50 (22.2; 33.0)
 9–16 15.00 (13.0; 17.0) 16.00 (13.0; 18.0) 23.50 (20.0; 27.0) 25.00 (21.0; 28.0) 22.00 (20.0; 26.0) 31.00 (28.0; 34.70)
 17–24 18.00 (15.0; 20.0) 16.00 (14.0; 20.0) 24.00 (20.0; 27.0) 26.00 (24.0; 29.0) 25.00 (21.0; 28.0) 31.00 (30.0; 33.0)
 25–33 18.00 (14.0; 20.0) 19.00 (15.5; 20.0) 25.00 (21.0; 28.5) 29.00 (24.5; 30.0) 26.00 (22.0; 30.0) 32.00 (28.0; 35.0)
KW = 11.535, p = 0.009* KW = 5.421, p = 0.143 KW = 0.773, p = 0.856 KW = 13.056, p = 0.005* KW = 7.563, p = 0.056 KW = 2.936, p = 0.402

p < 0.05