Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (N = 167)
From: An ethical issue: nurses’ conscientious objection regarding induced abortion in South Korea
Frequency (%) | Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
30 years or younger | 64 (38.3%) | 34.40 (8.63) |
31–40 years | 66 (39.5%) | |
41 years or older | 37 (22.2%) | |
Gender | ||
Female | 152 (91.0%) | |
Male | 15 (9.0%) | |
Marital status | ||
Single | 97 (58.1%) | |
Married | 70 (41.9%) | |
Religion | ||
No religion | 88 (52.7%) | |
Protestant | 47 (28.1%) | |
Catholic | 25 (15.0%) | |
Buddhist | 7 (4.2%) | |
Religion-importance | ||
No religion or not important at all | 89 (53.3%) | 1.91 (1.09) |
Not very important | 21 (12.6%) | |
Somewhat important | 39 (23.4%) | |
Very important | 18 (10.8%) | |
Clinical experience (years) | ||
10 years or less | 91 (54.8%) | 11.03 (8.84) |
More than 10 years | 75 (45.2%) | |
Clinical role | ||
Operating room nurse | 105 (62.9%) | |
Recovery room nurse | 26 (15.6%) | |
Aesthesia monitoring nurse | 24 (14.4%) | |
Physician assistant/surgical assistant | 12 (7.2%) | |
Awareness about CO | ||
Fully aware/aware | 48 (28.7%) | 2.68 (1.10) |
Fully unaware/unaware/neither aware nor unaware | 119 (71.3%) | |
Resolving conflicts between nurses’ right to CO and patients’ right to receive abortion care | ||
Nurses’ rights prioritized | 35 (21.1%) | |
Patients’ rights prioritized | 114 (68.7%) | |
I do not know | 17 (10.2%) | |
Legislation for nurses’ rights for CO to abortion | ||
Support | 76 (45.8%) | |
Oppose | 38 (22.9%) | |
Neither support nor oppose | 52 (31.3%) |