Table 1. Nurses’ demographic information and its relationship with professional competency and organizational commitment mean scores (n = 230).

Variables	categories	n(%)	mean	p-Value	mean	p-Value
			Professional competency		organizational commitment
Gender	Female	151 (65.7)	2.80	0.59	70.76	0.60
	Male	79 (34.3)	2.84		71.02
Marital status	Married	182 (79.1)	2.87	0.03	70.67	0.32
	Single	48 (24.4)	2.68		71.54
Age (years)	<30	77 (33.5)	2.77	0.22	69.8	0.08
	30–40	124 (53.9)	2.84		71.23
	>40	29 (12.6)	2.94		72.00
Level of education	Bachelor	215 (93.5)	2.82	0.23	70.81	0.69
	Master’s & higher	15 (6.5)	2.99		71.40
Position	Head nurse	14 (6)	3.12	0.07	68.71	0.06
	Nurse	216 (94)	2.81		70.99
work of experience (years)	up to 5	91 (39.6)	2.64	p<0.001	71.19	0.19
	6–15	106 (46.1)	2.94		70.20
	>15	33 (14.3)	2.97		72.03
Type of employment	Hired	121 (52.7)	2.87	0.10	70.57	0.11
	fixed-time a	79 (34.3)	2.83		71.76
	Contract b	30 (13)	2.6		68.57
Shift work	Fixed	41 (17.9)	2.99	0.06	70.05	0.12
	In rotation	189 (82.1)	2.79		71.03

Notes

^a annually contracted with payment similar to hired nurses

^b annually contracted with payment less than hired nurses.