“I prefer a male nurse to a female nurse”: patients’ preference for, and satisfaction with nursing care provided by male nurses at the Komfo Anokye teaching hospital

Table 2 Perception about nursing care provided by male nurses

Variables	Gender	N = 150	Mean Rank	p-value
Attended to by a male nurse	Male	96	67.19	0.001^*
Attended to by a male nurse	Female	54	90.28
Professional about their duties	Male	96	75.75	0.916
Professional about their duties	Female	54	75.06
Cooperation with the duties of the male nurse	Male	96	75.65	0.944
Cooperation with the duties of the male nurse	Female	54	75.24
Polite and courteous	Male	96	70.16	0.019^*
Polite and courteous	Female	54	85.00
Skilful manner	Male	96	73.79	0.480
Skilful manner	Female	54	78.54
Friendly atmosphere	Male	96	75.31	0.935
Friendly atmosphere	Female	54	75.83
Comfortable	Male	96	70.42	0.029^*
Comfortable	Female	54	84.54

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