Predictors of end-of-life care stress, calling, and resilience on end-of-life care performance: a descriptive correlational study

Table 3 Difference of EOLC performance according to nurses’ characteristics (n = 206)

Characteristics	Categories	N	M ± SD	t/F	p
Characteristics	Categories	N	M ± SD	t/F	(scheffe)
Gender	Male	13	48.46 ± 9.26	-0.972	0.349
Gender	Female	193	51.02 ± 7.66	-0.972	0.349
Age (years)	≤ 25^b	35	52.66 ± 6.81	3.039	0.050 (a < b)
	26 ~ 35^a	138	49.93 ± 7.80
	≥ 36^b	33	52.82 ± 8.09
Marital status	Married	43	52.16 ± 8.20	1.193	0.237
Marital status	Single	163	50.51 ± 7.64	1.193	0.237
Religion	Yes	78	50.05 ± 7.87	-1.153	0.251
Religion	No	128	51.34 ± 7.69	-1.153	0.251
Educational level	College^a	24	51.79 ± 10.03	3.874	0.022 (b < c)
	University^b	156	50.10 ± 7.22
	Graduate school or higher^c	26	54.50 ± 7.76
Clinical experience	< 2	35	51.40 ± 7.26	0.187	0.905
	2 ~ < 6	81	50.44 ± 7.40
	6 ~ < 10	45	50.71 ± 8.97
	≥ 10	45	51.31 ± 7.72
Job position	staff nurse	185	50.58 ± 7.81	-1.644	0.112
Job position	≥ charge nurse	21	53.29 ± 7.07	-1.644	0.112
Work unit	Emergency room^a	35	48.37 ± 8.12	3.179	0.025 (a < d)
	Intensive care unit^b	53	52.81 ± 6.74
	General ward^c	105	50.33 ± 7.74
	Hospice unit^d	13	53.77 ± 9.01
Number of end-of-life care experiences	≥ 2	37	51.89 ± 7.11	1.834	0.142
	3 ~ 10	110	49.84 ± 7.59
	11 ~ 20	25	53.48 ± 9.08
	> 20	34	51.09 ± 7.70
Experience of end-of-life of family member or friend	Yes	99	52.13 ± 8.08	2.284	0.023
Experience of end-of-life of family member or friend	No	107	49.67 ± 7.31	2.284	0.023
Experience of hospice education	Yes	113	51.08 ± 7.58	0.455	0.649
Experience of hospice education	No	93	50.58 ± 8.03	0.455	0.649

Values with superscript letters a,b, c and d are signifcantly diferent acorss rows (p < .05)

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