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Table 5.

Comparisons of FCCQ-R@it-NICU total mean score by participant characteristics.

	Current Mean (SD)	p-Value	Necessary Mean (SD)	p-Value	Gap Mean (SD)	p-Value
Sex
Female	2.99 (0.01)	0.34	4.08 (0.48)	0.42	1.12 (0.84)	0.07
Male	3.05 (0.45)	0.34	4.04 (0.39)	0.42	0.97 (0.64)	0.07
Age
20–30	3.01 (0.52)	0.30	4.13 (0.41)	0.06	1.12 (0.83)	0.07
31–40	2.99 (0.5)		4.13 (0.51)		1.19 (0.89)
41–50	3.00 (0.53)		4.06 (0.48)		1.11 (0.82)
>51	3.04 (0.51)		4.02 (0.46)		0.97 (0.70)
Parental Status
With children	2.99 (0.53)	0.48	4.05 (0.48)	0.01 *	1.09 (0.85)	0.37
Without children	3.01 (0.53)	0.48	4.13 (0.45)	0.01 *	1.14 (0.77)	0.37
Professions
Pediatric Nurse	2.93 (0.55)	<0.01 **	4.07 (0.49)	0.02 *	1.22 (0.89)	<0.01 **
General Nurse	3.03 (0.47)		4.01 (0.52)		0.94 (0.75)
Physician	3.13 (0.60)		4.16 (0.41)		0.97 (0.65)
Other Allied Healthcare Professionals	3.31 (0.60)		4.19 (0.45)		0.69 (0.63)
Others	3.22 (0.62)		4.26 (0.39)		1.12 (0.72)
Job Position
Head/Coordinator	3.20 (0.45)	<0.01 **	4.27 (0.43)	<0.01 **	1.14 (0.64)	0.89
Non coordinator	2.99 (0.53)	<0.01 **	4.08 (0.46)	<0.01 **	1.12 (0.80)	0.89
Education
Regional School	2.95 (0.54)	<0.01 **	3.99 (0.52)	0.002 **	1.06 (0.88)	<0.01 **
BSc	3.02 (0.53)		4.11 (0.48)		1.15 (0.84)
MSc	2.91 (0.56)		4.17 (0.40)		1.27 (0.84)
PhD or MD	3.17 (0.50)		4.18 (0.44)		1.05 (0.66)
Other	2.90 (0.52)		4.07 (0.45)		1.26 (0.87)
Work Experience
Up to 10 years	3.00 (0.56)	0.92	4.13 (0.44)	<0.01 **	1.14 (0.86)	0.39
>10 years	3.00 (0.50)	0.92	4.04 (0.49)	<0.01 **	1.09 (0.80)	0.39
Hospital employed
Yes	3.00 (0.53)	0.99	4.08 (0.47)	0.87	1.11 (0.82)	0.62
No	3.00 (0.63)	0.99	4.09 (0.54)	0.87	1.06 (0.88)	0.62
Work Setting
NICU	2.99 (0.55)	0.39	4.05 (0.49)	0.78	1.10 (0.89)	0.62
Intermediate Care	3.16 (0.66)		4.04 (0.42)		0.95 (0.80)
Both	3.00 (0.53)		4.09 (0.48)		1.12 (0.83)

*p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.