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Table 3 The relationship between participants’ demographic information and FOP and POI of forensic nursing role behaviors

From: Forensic nursing in the emergency department: the distance between nurses’ performed role behaviors and their perception of behaviors’ importance

Variables

N (%)

Frequency of performance

Perception of importance

Mean/SD

T- test/P

Mean/SD

T- test/P

ANOVA/P

ANOVA/P

Age (year)

 21-30

138 (50.4)

92.49±26.41

0.26

162.36±25.38

1.38

 31-40

122 (44.5)

92.14±24.47

0.772

167.16±24.12

0.252

 41-50

14 (5.1)

90.23±24.92

 

166.69±25.15

 

Gender

 Female

192 (70.1)

91.97±25.18

0.1

166.82±22.85

2.06

 Male

82 (29.9)

92.30±26.35

0.917

160.13±28.63

0.041*

Marital status

 Single

114 (41.6)

95.26±23.50

1.77

162.11±23.14

1.47

 Married

160 (58.4)

89.79±26.73

0.078

166.62±25.94

0.143

Education level

 Bachelor

263 (96)

91.78±25.50

0.95

165.25±24.26

-0.07

 Higher

11 (4)

98.80±26.74

0.344

152.90±38.04

0.233

Total nursing experience (year)

 Less than 5

90 (32.8)

94.61±24.69

0.99

165.06±23.96

1.42

 10-May

110 (40.1)

93.13±26.12

0.413

164.60±24.41

0.158

 15-Oct

58 (21.2)

87.07±25.14

 

166.33±24.45

 

 15-20

12 (4.4)

86.33±25.16

 

163.83±35.20

 

 20-25

3 (1.5)

87.33±34.15

 

148.67±41.24

 

Nursing experience in ED (month/year)

 6-12 m

63 (23)

95.78±23.75

2.73

168.68±22.39

1.68

 1-10 y

179 (65.3)

92.38±25.71

0.067

162.81±25.23

0.188

 10-20 y

32 (11.7)

83.03±26.14

 

168.44±26.82

 

Current position

 ED supervisor

4 (1.5)

89.25 ±33.26

0.36

166.25±20.17

0.84

 ED chief nurse

5 (1.8)

103.40±14.05

0.785

169.20±22.67

0.471

 ED nurse

236 (86.1)

91.81±24.98

 

165.53±24.37

 

 Triage nurse

29 (10.6)

92.66±30.38

 

158.03±29.44

 

Type of shift

 In Rotation

249 (90.9)

91.22±25.33

2.82

165.05±24.97

0.53

 Morning

14 (5.1)

96.43±23.71

0.039*

167.43±24.22

0.661

 Evening

4 (1.5)

84.25±20.19

 

159.75±33.63

 

 Night

7 (2.6)

118.00±26.69

 

154.29±18.49

 

Weekly working hours

 Less than 30

3 (1.1)

92.66±30.38

0.2

92.66±30.38

0.72

 30-40

116 (42.3)

92.66±30.38

0.82

92.66±30.38

0.487

 More than 40

155 (56.6)

92.66±30.38

 

92.66±30.38

 

Type of ED

 General

227 (82.8)

91.54±25.65

0.92

164.95±25.25

0.78

 Poisoning

17 (6.2)

96.35±29.78

0.455

167.06±19.49

0.538

 Trauma

18 (6.6)

97.94±20.54

 

165.29±23.82

 

 Cardiology

13 (4.8)

85.25±22.07

 

156.00±26.24

 

Formal forensic nursing education

 Yes

18 (6.6)

94.00±31.15

0.36

161.50±22.69

0.55

 No

256 (93.4)

91.93±25.11

0.723

165.05±25.03

0.583

Personal experiences of legal and judicial claims

 Yes

16 (5.8)

105.63±21.21

2.2

164.31±25.56

0.09

 No

258 (94.2)

91.23±25.53

0.028*

164.85±24.87

0.932

  1. *P<0.05