Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the interviewed nurses by hospital unit.
| Variables | CUa (n = 19) |
CICUa (n = 27) |
SOUa (n = 31) |
Total | P-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.751 | ||||
| Male, n (%) | 10 (52.6) | 13 (48.2) | 18 (58.1) | 41 (53.3) | |
| Female, n (%) | 9 (47.4) | 14 (51.9) | 13 (41.9) | 36 (46.8) | |
| Age | 0.003 | ||||
| ≤40, n (%) | 2 (10.5) | 4 (14.8) | 15 (48.4) | 21 (27.3) | |
| >40, n (%) | 17 (89.5) | 23 (85.2) | 16 (51.6) | 56 (72.7) | |
| Education | 0.124 | ||||
| Nursing school, n (%) | 11 (57.9) | 19 (70.4) | 12 (38.7) | 42 (54.6) | |
| Nursing diploma, n (%) | 2 (10.5) | 4 (14.8) | 9 (29.0) | 15 (19.5) | |
| Master’s and bachelor’s Degree, n (%) | 6 (31.6) | 4 (14.8) | 10 (32.3) | 20 (26.0) | |
| Smoking status | 0.970 | ||||
| Not smoker, n (%) | 10 (52.6) | 15 (55.6) | 18 (58.1) | 43 (55.8) | |
| Smoker, n (%) | 5 (26.3) | 7 (25.9) | 6 (19.4) | 18 (23.4) | |
| Former smoker, n (%) | 4 (21.1) | 5 (18.5) | 7 (22.6) | 16 (20.8) | |
| Satisfaction with own education | 0.122 | ||||
| No, n (%) | 6 (31.6) | 10 (37.0) | 18 (58.1) | 34 (44.2) | |
| Yes, n (%) | 13 (68.4) | 17 (63.0) | 13 (41.9) | 43 (55.8) |
Notes:
a
CU, Cardiac Unit; CICU, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; SOU, Surgical Oncology Unit.
b
Chi-square test was used