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Table 2 Difference in scores of attitude towards oral care across different categories of participants’ characteristics (N = 73)

From: Nurses’ attitude towards oral care and their practicing level for hospitalized patients in Orotta National Referral Hospital, Asmara-Eritrea: a cross-sectional study

Demographics

Md (IQR)

Test Statistic

2, df / M-W, Z/ρ)

P-value

Age group

 20 to 25

68.89 (6.67)

λ2 = 0.453, df = 2

0.797

 26 to 30

68.89 (11.11)

  

 > 30

70.00 (14.44)

  

Sex

 Male

68.89 (7.22)

M-W = 394, Z = -1.30

0.192

 Female

68.89 (8.89)

  

Level of nursing education

 Associate Nurse

68.89 (10.56)

M-W = 578.5, Z = 0.869

0.385

 Diploma nurse

68.89 (7.78)

  

Experience

 1 to 2

68.89 (8.89)

λ2 = 0.215, df = 2

0.898

 3 to 7

68.89 (8.89)

  

 > 7

68.89 (11.67)

  

Ward currently working

 Medical

68.89 (6.67)

λ2 = 3.07, df = 4

0.546

 Surgical

67.78 (11.11)

  

 Emergency

68.89 (6.11)

  

 ICU

68.89 (11.11)

  

 Recovery

72.22 (10.00)