Table 5. Associative Analysis. Relationship between variables characteristic of nurses and total patient satisfaction (N = 1422) Barcelona. Spain 2014-2015.

Nurses’ variables		Satisfacción total	Contrast test
		(Mean 3.66, SD* 0.37)	p-value
Sex	Fémale	3.66 (0.37)	0.687†
	Male	3.67 (0.41)
Postgraduate/master's degree	Yes/No	3.66 (0.37)	0.855†
Transoperative nurse	Yes/No	3.66 (0.40)	0.826†
Preoperative nurse	Yes/No	3.66 (0.37)	0.213†
Postoperative nurse	Yes/No	3.66 (0.37)	0.908†
Contract Type	Permanent/Eventual	3.66 (0.37)	0.675†
Age		-0,006‡	0.812§
Work experience		0.001‡	0.982§
Current work experience		0.020‡	0.441§
PES-NWI‖ factor1		0.004‡	0.889§
PES-NWI‖ factor2		-0.025‡	0.339§
PES-NWI‖ factor3		-0.038‡	0.148§
PES-NWI‖ factor4		0.002‡	0.938§
PES-NWI‖ factor5		-0.013‡	0.627§
MBI¶ Depersonalization		0.015‡	0.581§
MBI¶ Personal accomplishment		0.006‡	0.824§
Satisfaction in the current job		0.003‡	0.909§
Flexibility of time		-0.029‡	0.276§
Professional development		-0.044‡	0.100§
Autonomy at work		-0.010‡	0.708§
Salary		0.003‡	0.906§
Training		-0.012‡	0.649§
Vacations		-0.029‡	0.278§
Sick leave		-0.013‡	0.630§
Permission to study		-0.026‡	0.328§
Professional commitment		-0.034‡	0.199§

^*SD: Standard deviation;

^†p-value of Student t test;

^‡r: Pearson's correlation coefficient;

^‖PES-NWI: Nursing Practice Environment Scale

^¶MBI: Burnout Maslach Inventory