Intensive Care Unit Nurses: Critical Thinking Skills and Caring Behaviors : Table 4

Table 4: Differences in caring behaviors scale according to personal characteristics (N=352).
***p<.001
Note: ICU = Intensive Care Unit.

Variable	n	Caring Behaviors Scale
Variable	n	Mean±SD	t/F
Marital status			-3.397***
Single	246	53.71±11.32
Married	106	58.24±11.82
Age (years old)			4.789***
(1)≤25	79	50.97±10.97
(2)26- 30	121	54.42±11.34
(3)31- 35	106	57.74±11.96
(4)36- 40	40	58.08±11.42
(5)≥41	6	55.00±06.10
Scheffe’s test		(4)>(1),(3)>(1)
Clinical ladder			7.426***
(1)N	55	51.56±11.50
(2)N1	79	51.25±11.50
(3)N2	67	55.60±10.72
(4)N3	100	56.80±11.64
(5)N4	51	60.69±10.39
Scheffe’s test		(5)>(1),(5)>(2);(4)>(2)
Total clinical seniority			5.385***
(1)<1	21	50.05±14.02
(2)1 - 5	134	52.82±10.51
(3)6 - 9	89	56.52±11.54
(4)≥10	108	57.65±11.90
Scheffe’s test		(3)>(1), (3)>(2); (4)>(1), (4)>(2), (4)>(3)
Total ICU seniority			5.937***
(1)<1	26	51.62±13.84
(2)1 - 5	158	53.02±10.46
(3)6 - 9	91	56.26±11.44
(4)≥10	77	59.04±12.31
Scheffe’s test		(3)>(2);(4)>(1),(4)>(2)