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Table 2 Frequency distribution of demographic variables and comparison of average moral distress, workplace spirituality and spiritual sensitivity according to demographic characteristics based on one way ANOVA test

From: Moral distress effects on spirituality determinants in nurses

  

Number (%)

Mean ± SD

Moral Distress

Workplace Spirituality

Spiritual Sensitivity (SS)

F

p-value

F

p-value

F

p-value

Age

  

46.00 ± 30.70

4.074

0.019

6.004

0.003

0.193

0.825

 

20 to 29 years old

37 (30.8)

 
 

30 to 39 years old

61 (50.8)

 
 

40 to 49 years old

22 (18.3)

 

Ward

   

8.911

0.000

6.284

0.001

6.723

0.000

 

Medical ward

31 (25.8)

 
 

Surgical ward

33 (27.5)

 
 

Critical ward

20 (16.7)

 
 

Emergency ward

36 (30)

 

Employment status

   

1.560

0.214

0.135

0.874

0.063

0.939

 

Compulsory training course

44 (36.7)

 
 

Permanent employee

74 (61.7)

 
 

Temporary employee

2 (1.7)

 

Work experience years

  

5.85 ± 4.52

0.504

0.605

1.083

0.342

0.101

0.904

 

1 to 4 years

54 (45)

 
 

5 to 9 years

46 (38.3)

 
 

> 10 years

20 (16.7)

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