The importance of professional values from clinical nurses’ perspective in hospitals of a medical university in Iran

Table 1 Nurses’ demographic information and its relationship with NPVS-R mean scores (n = 250)

Variable		n	%	Mean ± SD	Test statistic	P
Gender	Female	225	90%	103.03 ± 1.18	t = 1.79	0.09
Gender	Male	25	10%	98.52 ± 1.21
Marital status	Married	189	75.6%	103.2 ± 1.16	t = 1.44	0.15
Marital status	Single	61	24.4%	100.66 ± 1.27
Ethnicity	Persian	246	98.4%	102.58 ± 1.17	Z = 0.24	0.98
Ethnicity	Non Persian	4	1.6%	102.25 ± 2.26
Level of education	Bachelor’s degree	233	93.2%	102.73 ± 11.98	t = 0.99	0.32
Level of education	Master’s degree	17	6.8%	105.35 ± 11.42
Participation in professional ethical training	Yes	156	62.4%	104.26 ± 1.18	t = 2.91	0/004^*
Participation in professional ethical training	No	94	37.6%	99.77 ± 1.17
Amount of income	$ 264.39- 323.15	8	3.2%	99.75 ± 1.47	F = 5.08	0.07
	$ 352.53- 440.66	105	42%	99.88 ± 1.28
	more than $ 440.66	137	54.8%	104.73 ± 1.07
Type of employment	Hired	47	18.8%	106 ± 10.9	χ ² = 9.32	0.054
	Contract recruiters^a	92	36.8%	103 ± 11.84
	Contract recruiters^b	66	26.4%	99.87 ± 11.59
	Committed^c	45	18%	99.31 ± 12.76

^aannually contracted with payment similar to hired nurses; ^bannually contracted with payment less than hired nurses; ^cit is obligatory to work for government for 2 years at a lower rate of payment. ^*Significant (p < 0.05)

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