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Table 2 Support of legislation confirming health care professionals’ right to assert conscientious objection to abortion (N = 167)

From: An ethical issue: nurses’ conscientious objection regarding induced abortion in South Korea

 

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

p value

Age (years)

1.015

.979–1.052

.411

Gender

   

 Female

.717

.247–2.077

.540

 Male

Reference

  

Marital status

   

 Married

.853

.458–1.587

.615

 Single

Reference

  

Clinical experience (year)

1.010

.975–1.046

.580

Clinical role

   

 Recovery

1.502

.626–3.603

.362

 Anaesthesia

1.173

.481–2.861

.726

 PA/SA

2.773

.785–9.788

.113

 Op room

Reference

  

Religion

   

 Protestant

2.471

1.189–5.133

.015

 Catholic

1.059

.427–2.625

.902

 Buddhist

2.118

.446–10.050

.345

 No religion

Reference

  

Religion (importance)

.400

.207–.773

.006

Awareness about CO

   

 Fully aware/aware

2.042

1.033–4.035

.040

 Fully unaware/unaware/neither aware nor unaware

Reference

  

Resolving conflicts between nurses’ right to CO and patients’ right to receive abortion care

   

 Nurses’ rights

6.750

1.762–25.853

.005

 Patient’s rights

.563

.201–1.574

.273

 Do not know

Reference

  
  1. CO: conscientious objection