Nursing barrier

Research barrier

Organization barrier

Gender

Male

N = 67

13.3 (5.0)

15.6 (7.5)

12.6 (5.9)

Female

N = 222

10.6 (5.1)

13.4 (8.0)

11.0 (5.8)

p-value

<0.001

0.047

0.05

Marital status

Single

N = 63

10.3 (5.6)

12.4 (9.1)

10.7 (6.5)

Married

N = 225

11.5 (5.1)

14.3 (7.6)

11.6 (5.7)

p-value

0.25

0.13

0.53

Years of Experience

No experience

N = 120

10.7 (4.9)

13.5 (7.5)

10.7 (5.7)

less than 5

N = 119

11.4 (5.3)

13.4 (8.1)

11.8 (5.9)

5 - 10 years

N = 50

12.3 (5.4)

16.1 (8.5)

12.3 (5.9)

p-value

0.16

0.094

0.18

Position in HMC

Staff nurse

N = 205

11.1 (5.2)

14.1 (8.1)

11.2 (5.9)

Charge nurse

N = 32

11.7 (5.0)

13.3 (7.5)

10.4 (5.9)

Head nurse

N = 13

13.7 (4.4)

15.8 (8.4)

12.4 (6.6)

CNS

N = 32

10.5 (6.0)

12.1 (7.8)

13.2 (5.3)

others

N = 7

12.6 (3.6)

16.4 (3.0)

12.1 (4.6)

p-value

0.36

0.5

0.34

Highest level of nursing education

Doctorate

N = 3

8.0 (2.0)

4.3 (3.5)

3.7 (2.3)

Master’s degree

N = 58

11.3 (5.5)

13.4 (7.8)

12.9 (5.2)

Bachelor’s degree

N = 196

11.4 (5.2)

14.4 (8.0)

11.2 (5.9)

Diploma

N = 32

10.4 (4.5)

12.7 (7.4)

10.5 (6.0)

p-value

0.55

0.1

0.018