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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: AACN Adv Crit Care. 2017 Summer;28(2):160–170. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2017118

Table 3.

Impact of Selected Nurse and Organizational Demographic Variables on Factors That Influence Family Engagement Questionnaire

Variable Mean (SD) SS F(df) MS P
Age, y 10.51 8.19 (3) 3.50 < .001
 < 25 4.22 (0.51)
 25–29 3.87 (0.69)
 30–49 3.97 (0.67)
 > 49 4.29 (0.62)
Degree 4.58 2.58 (4) 1.14 .04
 Diploma 4.14 (0.58)
 Associate’s 4.04 (0.72)
 Bachelor’s 4.00 (0.65)
 Master’s 4.15 (0.66)
 Doctorate 4.68 (0.78)
Critical care experience, y 8.09 6.22 (3) 2.69 < .001
 < 1 4.11 (0.69)
 1–5 4.02 (0.65)
 6–15 3.88 (0.67)
 > 15 4.26 (0.65)
Hospital location 2.75 3.09 (2) 1.38 .046
 Urban 4.04 (0.67)
 Suburban 3.98 (0.61)
 Rural 4.41 (0.79)
Unit type 18.71 22.93 (2) 9.36 < .001
 Adult 3.96 (0.65)
 Pediatric 4.78 (0.50)
 Other 4.15 (0.61)
Staffing ratio 3.09 3.44 (2) 1.54 .03
 1 nurse to 1 patient 4.32 (0.63)
 1 nurse to 2 patients 4.04 (0.67)
 1 nurse to 3 patients 3.79 (0.70)

Abbreviations: MS, mean squares; SS, sum of squares.