Factors associated with nurses’ attitudes for providing oral care in geriatric care facilities: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Social demographic data of the sample (n = 159)

Variables		Frequency(%)	A-PMC	F/t	P	LSD
Age (years)				1.807	0.168
Age (years)	20–30	69(43.49)	2.73 ± 0.46
	31–40	69(43.39)	2.88 ± 0.50
	41–60	21(13.21)	2.86 ± 0.40
Marital status				1.091	0.338
	Married	118(74.21)	2.85 ± 0.49
	Single	34(21.38)	2.72 ± 0.42
	Divorced	7(4.40)	2.73 ± 0.39
Had one or more children				0.027	0.869
	Yes	99(62.26)	2.81 ± 0.46
	No	60(37.74)	2.82 ± 0.53
Education				7.855	0.001
	1.secondary vocational education	4(2.52)	2.59 ± 0.38
	2.higher vocational education	35(22.01)	2.56 ± 0.42			2<3^*
	3.university education	120(75.47)	2.90 ± 0.47
Length of work in GCF(years)				1.554	0.203
	0–10	89(55.97)	2.76 ± 0.48
	11–20	60(37.74)	2.87 ± 0.44
	21–30	8(5.03)	3.01 ± 0.44
	>31	2(1.26)	2.45 ± 0.51
Professional title				0.259	0.772
	Junior	89(55.97)	2.84 ± 0.50
	Intermediate	68(42.77)	2.78 ± 0.45
	Senior	2(1.26)	2.82 ± 0.00
Average working hours per day				3.543	0.031
Average working hours per day	1. 6 ~ 8 h	92(57.86)	2.90 ± 0.48			1>2^*
	2. 8 ~ 10 h	62(38.99)	2.71 ± 0.45
	3.>10 h	5(3.14)	2.64 ± 0.29
Number of patients in charge per day				4.572	0.004
Number of patients in charge per day	1. ≤6	23(14.47)	3.07 ± 0.55			1>2^, 1>3^, 1>4^* 2>4^*
	2. 6 ~ 10	74(46.54)	2.85 ± 0.51
	3. 10 ~ 15	22(13.83)	2.75 ± 0.40
	4.>15	40(25.16)	2.64 ± 0.29

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