Table 4.
The comparison between demographic characteristics and nurses’ moral distress using ANOVA and independent t-test
| Variable | Sleep quality | Moral distress | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±SD | P | Mean±SD | P | |
| Age | ||||
| 20-30 | 7.56±3.21 | 0.046 | 91.40±23.83 | 0.591 |
| 31-40 | 6.14±2.51 | 92.91±26.24 | ||
| 41-60 | 6.500±2.36 | 99.600±23.96 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 7.36±3.20 | 0.472 | 93.80±22.86 | 0.506 |
| Female | 7.00±2.95 | 91.13±25.51 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 6.87±2.95 | 0.387 | 96.70±24.63 | 0.097 |
| Single | 7.32±3.12 | 89.83±23.97 | ||
| Education status | ||||
| Bachelor | 7.15±3.15 | 0.453 | 92.97±27.800 | 0.541 |
| Master | 6.44±2.00 | 87.77±15.59 | ||
| PhD | 8.600±1.34 | 82.400±25.37 | ||
| Work experience (years) | ||||
| 1-10 | 7.35±3.13 | 0.177 | 91.25±24.25 | 0.177 |
| 11 and over | 6.57±2.80 | 95.42±24.66 | ||
| Workplace sector | ||||
| Special | 7.47±3.21 | 0.245 | 98.38±22.91 | 0.440 |
| General | 6.88±2.91 | 86.98±24.44 | ||
| Working shift | ||||
| Steady | 6.54±2.01 | 0.491 | 85.00±21.26 | 0.437 |
| Rotating | 7.20±3.13 | 92.88±24.54 | ||
| Interest in profession | ||||
| Yes | 6.93±0.263 | 0.050 | 92.37±25.64 | 0.034 |
| No | 8.23±3.50 | 91.96±17.20 | ||
| Type of recruitment | ||||
| Formal | 5.76±2.71 | 0.001 | 97.91±26.57 | 0.427 |
| Informal | 7.70±3.03 | 90.20±23.20 | ||
SD=Standard deviation