Table 4.

Factors associated with perceived barriers for effective pain management in referral hospital,2021 (N = 153).

Variable	N(%)	Mean ± SD	F/t-test	P-value
Gender
Male	92	40 ± 9.55	t = 1.43	0.15
Female	61	38.46 ± 1.84
Marital status Single	75	41.19 ± 10.59	F = 2.83	0.04
Married	76	39 ± 9.24
Widow	1
Divorce	1
Prior pain training
Yes	46	39.7 ± 11.2	t = 0.16	0.9
No	107	39.98 ± 9.67
Frequency of training
≤1	34	37.94 ± 12	t = −2.4	0.02
>1	12	44.67 ± 6.2
Working hour
<40	98	39.4 ± 11.46	t = 0.77	0.4
≥40	55	4.75 ± 7.14
Educational level
MSC	30	41.57 ± 10.67	F = 2.8	0.04
BSC	123	39.49 ± 9.98
Experience as nurse
≤2	23	43.2 ± 10	F = 1.01	0.31
3–4	37	37.86 ± 11.8
5–6	36	42.1 ± 9.1
7–8	27	39.56 ± 9.9
>8	30	37.4 ± 8.49
Year of experience as emergency nurse
≤1	100	39.3 ± 10.49	F = 3.6	0.01
2–3	40	42.45 ± 8.1
4–5	9	41.3 ± 10.7
>5	4	26.25 ± 6.29
Age of the participants
<25	19	38.53 ± 1.97	F = 0.43	0.7
25–29	70	4.63 ± 10.59
30–34	46	40.07 ± 8.78
≥35	18	38.08 ± 10.9