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Table 1 New Nurses’ Demographic and Work-related Information

From: Multimedia-assisted instruction on pain assessment learning of new nurses: a quasi-experimental study

Variable

Control group (n = 39)

Mean ± SD

Experimental group (n = 47)

Mean ± SD

t/x2

P value

(2-tailed)

Age (years)

23.21 (2.26)

23.03 (2.06)

.397

.692

Education level

  

.013

1.000

Junior college

7

8

  

University

32

39

  

Work attributes

  

7.127

.129

Internal medicine

9

11

  

Surgery

15

7

  

Gynecology/pediatrics

9

15

  

Operating room

3

7

  

Another unit

3

7

  

Received in-service pain education course

  

3.162

.114

Yes

18

13

  

No

21

34

  

Pain treatment experience

  

.701

.623

Yes

38

44

  

No

1

3

  
  1. SD standard deviation