Table 1 Personal and professional characteristics of nurses for exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis samples (NEFA=422, NCFA=496)
Variable | Subgroup | EFA | CFA | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | χ2 | p | ||
Age | ≤ 25 26–30 31 ≤ | 228 97 97 | 54.0 23.0 23.0 | 232 135 129 | 46.8 27.2 26.0 | 460 232 226 | 50.1 25.3 24.6 | 4.856 | 0.088 |
Gender | Female Male | 346 76 | 82.0 18.0 | 410 86 | 82.7 17.3 | 756 162 | 82.4 17.6 | 0.795 | 0.428 |
Educational Status | Health vocational school Associate degree Bachelor’s Master’s | 126 77 194 25 | 29.9 18.2 46.0 5.9 | 88 96 248 64 | 17.7 19.4 50.0 12.9 | 214 173 442 89 | 23.3 18.8 48.1 9.7 | 26.730 | *0.000 |
Marital Status | Married Single | 122 300 | 28.9 71.1 | 166 330 | 33.5 66.5 | 288 630 | 31.4 68.6 | 0.153 | 0.079 |
Institution | Private hospital/ Foundation hospital | 156 | 37.0 | 205 | 41.3 | 361 | 39.9 | 1.877 | 0.598 |
Private university hospital/ Foundation university hospital | 134 | 31.8 | 147 | 29.6 | 281 | 30.6 | |||
Training and research hospital | 89 | 21.1 | 99 | 20.0 | 188 | 20.5 | |||
Public hospital | 43 | 10.2 | 45 | 9.1 | 88 | 9.6 | |||
Position | Nurse manager Special nurse Nurse | 53 30 339 | 12.6 7.1 80.3 | 74 87 335 | 14.9 17.5 67.5 | 127 117 674 | 13.8 12.7 73.5 | 25.747 | *0.000 |
Unit | Surgical Internal Emergency Operating room Administrative units Intensive care Polyclinic Mixed | 73 156 18 42 8 76 17 32 | 17.3 37.0 4.3 10.0 1.9 18.0 4.0 7.6 | 61 231 25 18 35 72 20 34 | 12.3 46.6 5.0 3.6 7.0 14.5 4.0 6.9 | 134 387 43 60 43 148 37 66 | 14.6 42.2 4.7 6.5 8.9 16.1 4.0 7.2 | 38.246 | *0.000 |
Duration of Institution Experience | < 1 year 1–5 years 6–10 years 11 years ≤ | 157 158 61 46 | 37.2 37.4 14.5 10.9 | 177 152 94 73 | 35.7 30.6 19.0 14.7 | 334 310 155 119 | 36.4 33.8 16.9 13.0 | 8.556 | *0.044 |
Duration of Professional Experience | < 1 year 1–5 years 6–10 years 11 years ≤ | 43 210 83 86 | 10.2 49.8 19.7 20.4 | 64 222 96 114 | 12.9 44.8 19.4 23.0 | 107 432 179 200 | 11,5 47.2 19.5 21.8 | 2.995 | 0.392 |
Working Schedule | Day Shift | 130 292 | 30.8 69.2 | 210 286 | 42.3 57.7 | 340 578 | 37.0 63.0 | 13.005 | *0.000 |
Certificate Status | Yes No | 214 208 | 50,7 49.3 | 285 211 | 57.5 42.5 | 499 419 | 54.4 45.6 | 4.186 | *0.046 |
Compliance of the Certificate to the Unit | Yes No | 152 62 | 71.0 29.9 | 223 62 | 78.2 21.8 | 375 124 | 71.1 24.9 | ||