| Variables | n | % | Moral distress of the nurse’s ( ± s) | t/F | P |
| Gender |
|
|
| 1.278 | 0.259 |
| Male Female | 10 374 | 2.6 96.5 | 54.36 ± 20.61 47.23 ± 27.28 |
|
|
| Ages |
|
|
| 3.131 | 0.044 |
| 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 60 | 222 123 39 | 57.9 32.1 10 | 45.37 ± 26.81 50.65 ± 27.91 48.84 ± 25.74 |
|
|
| Departments |
|
|
| 4.809 | <0.001 |
| Emergency Medicine | 61 | 15.8 | 47.23 ± 27.28 |
|
|
| Internal Medicine | 98 | 25.4 | 43.90 ± 26.34 |
|
|
| Surgery | 102 | 26.6 | 46.83 ± 26.79 |
|
|
| Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics | 83 | 21.5 | 44.18 ± 27.83 |
|
|
| ICU | 41 | 10.7 | 56.58 ± 24.34 |
|
|
| Title |
|
|
| 3.112 | 0.026 |
| Nurse | 117 | 30.5 | 42.76 ± 25.59 |
|
|
| Nurse practitioner | 191 | 49.8 | 48.97 ± 28.02 |
|
|
| Supervisor nurse practitioner | 58 | 18 | 49.02 ± 26.57 |
|
|
| eputy chief nursing officer and above | 18 | 4.6 | 52.51 ± 26.35 |
|
|
| Position |
|
|
| 0.010 | 0.922 |
| staff | 352 | 91.8 | 47.44 ± 27.30 |
|
|
| manager | 32 | 8.2 | 47.09 ± 25.52 |
|
|
| salary |
|
|
| 4.998 | 0.002 |
| 1000 - 3000 | 23 | 6.0 | 47.97 ± 26.37 |
|
|
| 3000 - 5000 | 131 | 34.0 | 52.37 ± 27.27 |
|
|
| 5000 - 7000 | 91 | 23.7 | 46.03 ± 25.33 |
|
|
| >7000 | 139 | 36.2 | 43.57 ± 27.71 |
|
|
| Years of nursing experience |
|
|
| 2.937 | 0.033 |
| 1 - 2 | 34 | 8.9 | 40.01 ± 23.16 |
|
|
| 3 - 5 | 92 | 24.0 | 45.46 ± 26.78 |
|
|
| 6 - 10 | 127 | 33.1 | 48.02 ± 28.10 |
|
|
| >10 | 131 | 34 | 50.13 ± 27.09 |
|
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