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. 2022 Aug 13;12(3):597–609. doi: 10.3390/nursrep12030059

Table 3.

Statistical analysis between interpersonal domain and demographic and professional variables.

Age Current Service Experience Years of Profession Training in
Palliative Care
rs rs rs U p With Training No Training
Md Md
Factor II: Conflicts with doctors −0.33 −0.37 * −0.33 10.00 0.00 3.80 2.20
items 2. Being criticized by a doctor −0.36 * −0.41 * −0.37 * 7.00 0.00 4.00 2.00
9. Conflict with a doctor −0.36 * −0.39 * −0.35 * 9.000 0.00 4.00 2.00
10. Fear of making mistakes when treating a patient −0.21 −0.27 −0.22 25.50 0.02 4.00 2.00
14. Disagreement regarding the treatment of a patient −0.26 −0.29 −0.27 26.00 0.02 4.00 2.00
19. Making a decision regarding the patient’s treatment 0.12 0.10 0.13 36.00 0.07 3.00 2.00
Factor IV: Lack of peer support −0.33 −0.33 −0.31 16.00 0.01 3.33 2.33
Items 7. Lack of opportunity to speak openly with other team members about service −0.14 −0.18 −0.15 42.50 0.18 3.00 3.00
11. Lack of opportunity to share experiences and feelings with other team members −0.07 −0.04 −0.01 62.50 0.79 3.00 2.00
16. Lack of opportunity to express negative feelings about the patient to other team members −0.36 * −0.35 * −0.33 36.00 0.08 4.00 2.00
Factor V: Conflicts with other nurses and bosses −0.21 −0.21 −0.18 46.50 0.27 3.40 2.20
items 5. Conflict with a superior −0.55 ** −0.55 ** −0.53 ** 24.50 0.02 4.00 2.00
20. Being mobilized to another service to make up for staff shortages −0.59 ** −0.58 ** −0.58 ** 25.00 0.02 4.00 2.00
22. Difficulty working with a particular nurse (or nurses) from another service −0.04 −0.08 −0.05 53.00 0.41 2.00 2.00
24. Receiving criticism from a superior −0.39 * −0.42 * −0.39 * 7.500 0.00 4.00 2.00
29. Difficulty working with a particular nurse (or nurses) from the same service −0.17 −0.23 −0.19 56.00 0.52 3.00 2.00

rs—Spearman rank correlation; * p = 0.05; ** p = 0.001; U—Mann–Whitney U; p—significance level; Md—Median.