Table 2.

Differences of NPQ scores in demographic characteristics

Variables	Categories	Cases	M ± SD	t/ F	p
Gender	Male	12	1.17 ± 0.83	-1.00	0.318
	Female	516	1.42 ± 0.85
Marital status	Unmarried	175	1.29 ± 0.84	-2.26	0.024
	Married	316	1.48 ± 0.84
Educational level	College and below	48	1.12 ± 0.68	-2.87	0.005
	Bachelor and above	404	1.43 ± 0.87
Technological title	Nurse and below	97	1.17 ± 0.82	6.73	0.001
	Nurse Practitioner	196	1.40 ± 0.81
	Nurse-in-charge and above	230	1.54 ± 0.88
General health	Good	279	1.15 ± 0.80	33.10	< 0.001
	Middle	183	1.65 ± 0.82
	Bad	44	1.95 ± 0.70