Table 1.
Demographic and characteristic information of the respondents and differences in mean of IR and EP by characteristics of the nurses (n = 1,646)
| Variable | Category | n | % | IR | EP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | t/F/p | Mean(SD) | t/F/p | ||||
| Education level | Associate degree | 658 | 40.00 | 80.32 (18.02) | 6.67/0.000 | 64.67 (13.05) | 1.27/0.279 |
| Bachelor degree | 932 | 56.60 | 82.75 (18.24) | 65.11 (12.93) | |||
| Master degree | 50 | 3.00 | 91.86 (14.01) | 67.64 (11.33) | |||
| doctor degree | 5 | 0.30 | 70.00 (20.20) | 63.00 (12.04) | |||
| Post‐doctor | 1 | 0.10 | 55.00. | 45.00. | |||
| Marriage and bearing | Unmarried and childless | 485 | 29.50 | 81.13 (17.89) | 1.87/0.154 | 64.58 (12.34) | 2.48/0.084 |
| Married without child | 95 | 5.80 | 79.74 (19.62) | 62.54 (13.86) | |||
| Married and have child | 1,066 | 64.80 | 82.60 (18.15) | 65.40 (13.10) | |||
| Only‐one‐child | Yes | 247 | 15.0 | 80.79 (20.33) | −1.04/0.301 | 64.23 (14.36) | −0.91/0.362 |
| No | 1,399 | 85.0 | 82.22 (17.76) | 65.13 (12.67) | |||
| Title | Primary technical job title | 1,056 | 64.2 | 81.99 (17.74) | 1.69/0.185 | 65.07 (12.90) | 0.56/0.572 |
| Intermediate technical title | 444 | 27.0 | 81.24 (19.17) | 64.54 (12.93) | |||
| Senior technical title | 146 | 8.9 | 84.42 (18.05) | 65.78 (13.31) | |||
| Working seniority |
Less than 3 years |
225 | 13.7 | 77.73 (18.67) | 8.73/0.000 | 62.64 (11.93) | 3.13/0.014 |
| From 3 to 5 years | 265 | 16.1 | 78.45 (19.32) | 64.00 (12.54) | |||
| From 5 to 10 years | 382 | 23.2 | 84.42 (17.34) | 65.91 (13.16) | |||
| From 10 to 15 years | 306 | 18.6 | 82.38 (16.99) | 65.69 (13.25) | |||
| More than 15 years | 468 | 28.4 | 83.85 (18.09) | 65.47 (13.12) | |||
| Had working experience in SARS | Yes | 362 | 22.0 | 87.92 (15.78) | 7.77/0.000 | 68.76 (13.52) | 6.09/0.000 |
| No | 1,284 | 78.0 | 80.33 (18.46) | 63.93 (12.57) | |||
| Had COVID‐19 protection training | Yes | 1,540 | 93.6 | 83.09 (17.60) | 9.51/0.000 | 65.58 (12.75) | 7.19/0.000 |
| No | 106 | 6.4 | 66.20 (19.12) | 56.39 (12.66) | |||
| Gender | Male | 58 | 3.5 | 80.67 (22.21) | −0.47/0.642 | 66.41 (13.44) | 0.85/0.394 |
| Female | 1,588 | 96.5 | 82.05 (18.01) | 64.94 (12.92) | |||
| Family members job | Nobody is health workers | 529 | 32.1 | 84.08 (17.04) | 3.31/0.001 | 66.43 (12.96) | 3.11/0.002 |
| Some are health workers | 1,117 | 67.9 | 81.02 (18.61) | 64.31 (12.88) | |||
| Moral consideration on response | Totally moral consideration | 922 | 56.0 | 88.83 (14.54) | 182.51/0.000 | 69.23 (12.68) | 98.60/0.000 |
| Many moral consideration | 657 | 39.9 | 75.56 (17.17) | 60.25 (10.68) | |||
| A little moral consideration | 56 | 3.4 | 53.89 (17.19) | 55.27 (11.76) | |||
| No moral consideration | 11 | 0.7 | 37.91 (17.20) | 42.73 (16.60) | |||
| Being treated differently by the society | Yes | 447 | 27.2 | 77.79 (19.85) | −8.96/0.000 | 64.13 (13.38) | −3.19/0.001 |
| No | 1,199 | 72.8 | 83.66 (17.19) | 65.33 (12.75) | |||
| Work pace was affected | Yes | 1,048 | 63.7 | 84.08 (17.04) | −7.24/0.000 | 66.43 (12.96) | −8.13/0.000 |
| No | 598 | 36.3 | 81.02 (18.61) | 64.31 (12.88) | |||
| Overwork | Yes | 465 | 28.3 | 79.69 (18.85) | −5.61/0.000 | 63.07 (12.94) | −1.69/0.091 |
| No | 1,181 | 71.7 | 86.06 (16.15) | 68.36 (12.24) | |||
| Lifestyles were affected | Yes | 1,126 | 68.4 | 75.25 (19.22) | −6.17/0.000 | 63.33 (12.83) | −6.21/0.000 |
| No | 520 | 31.6 | 84.52 (17.11) | 65.61 (12.93) | |||
| Income was affected | Yes | 1,023 | 62.2 | 80.23 (18.70) | −6.17//0.000 | 63.66 (12.83) | −4.70/0.000 |
| No | 623 | 37.8 | 85.83 (16.33) | 67.87 (12.71) | |||
| Felt anxious and depressed | Yes | 828 | 50.3 | 77.98 (19.01) | −9.27/0.000 | 62.64 (12.53) | −7.54/0.000 |
| No | 818 | 49.7 | 86.07 (16.31) | 67.37 (12.92) | |||
| Intention to leave | Intention to leave due to COVID‐19 | 22 | 1.3 | 58.59 (19.72) | −6.15/0.000 | 56.73 (13.10) | −3.02/0.003 |
| Intention to leave irrelevant to COVID‐19 and no intention to leave | 1623 | 98.7 | 82.32 (17.95) | 65.10 (12.90) | |||
| Departments | Emergency treatment | 120 | 7.3 | 78.26 (18.37) | 10.00/0.000 | 66.11 (11.93) | 3.63/0.013 |
| Department of respiration | 485 | 29.5 | 85.64 (16.94) | 66.41 (13.05) | |||
| ICU | 65 | 3.9 | 81.02 (16.71) | 64.89 (14.02) | |||
| Other | 976 | 59.3 | 80.72 (18.58) | 64.15 (12.87) | |||