Table 3.
Factors Associated with Confidence and Comfort in Clinicians
| Variable | Meana | SD | F | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factors were significantly related to the level of confidence of participants | ||||
| Age (years/old) | ||||
| 20–30 | 72.544 | 12.103 | 3.421 | 0.035* b > a c > b# |
| 31–40 | 75.768 | 13.624 | ||
| >40 | 81.733 | 12.435 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 78.848 | 12.019 | 5.737 | 0.004* a > c; a > b c > b# |
| Never married | 71.797 | 13.173 | ||
| Divorced | 76 | 9.899 | ||
| Years of professional experience | ||||
| 1–5 | 71.215 | 12.522 | 8.879 | <0.001* c > b > a d > c# |
| 6–10 | 75.468 | 13.009 | ||
| 11–15 | 87 | 6.793 | ||
| Over 16 | 83 | 10.401 | ||
| Adequate prior palliative care education | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 68.4 | 19.6 | 6.665 | <0.001* d > b > c > a e > d # |
| Disagree | 71.724 | 13.231 | ||
| Unsure | 71.541 | 11.964 | ||
| Agree | 79.411 | 11.119 | ||
| Strongly agree | 91.833 | 10.361 | ||
| Facts were significantly related to the level of comfort of participants | ||||
| Professional degree | ||||
| Master | 46.428 | 3.258 | 5.104 | 0.007* a > b > c b > c# |
| Bachelor | 41.634 | 4.018 | ||
| Associate bachelor | 41.5 | 3.872 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 44 | 4.24 | 4.041 | 0.02* a > c > b |
| Never married | 40.941 | 3.799 | ||
| Divorced | 42.72 | 2.828 | ||
| Years of professional experience | ||||
| 1–5 | 41.162 | 3.953 | 3.096 | 0.029* c > a, b c > d# |
| 6–10 | 41.766 | 4.414 | ||
| 11–15 | 44.642 | 3.629 | ||
| Over 16 | 42.25 | 2.49 | ||
a
Mean indicates the value of “the level of confidence” and “the level of comfort” of participants.
*
p < 0.001. Analyzing data by ANOVA
#
Post hoc analysis by Bonferroni's correction (“not significant”)
ANOVA, analysis of variance.