Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance of ICU, CCU, and Emergency Wards Nurses in Kermanshah, Iran, regarding Organ Donation
Table 2
Nurses’ mean knowledge, attitude, and practice in terms of demographic variables.
| Variables | Knowledge mean ± SDa | Attitude mean ± SD | Practice mean ± SD |
| Age (year) | 23–33 | 9.01 ± 1.37 | 7.56 ± 2.21 | 0.51 ± 0.77 | 34–43 | 8.80 ± 1.36 | 8.05 ± 2.14 | 0.34 ± 0.57 | 44–56 | 8.88 ± 1.31 | 8.29 ± 2.25 | 0.41 ± 0.79 |
| Sex | Male | 8.90 ± 1.43 | 7.94 ± 2.23 | 0.49 ± 0.78 | Female | 8.91 ± 1.34 | 7.79 ± 2.18 | 0.41 ± 0.67 |
| Marital status | Single | 8.93 ± 1.31 | 7.36 ± 2.38 | 0.45 ± 0.77 | Married | 8.89 ± 1.39 | 8.16 ± 1.98 | 0.41 ± 0.65 |
| Education | BSc. | 8.87 ± 1.38 | 7.73 ± 2.28 | 0.39 ± 0.70 | MSc. | 9.09 ± 1.27 | 8.28 ± 1.65 | 0.59 ± 0.71 |
| Self.cardb | Yes | 9.43 ± 1.26 | 8.54 ± 1.60 | 1.05 ± 0.42 | No | 8.71 ± 1.35 | 7.55 ± 2.32 | 0.19 ± 0.64 |
| F.cardc | Yes | 9.07 ± 1.30 | 8.17 ± 2.44 | 0.65 ± 0.69 | No | 8.79 ± 1.38 | 7.67 ± 2.14 | 0.33 ± 0.68 | I do not know | 9.72 ± 1.10 | 8.45 ± 1.57 | 0.818 ± 0.75 |
| Religion | Shia | 8.79 ± 1.36 | 7.92 ± 2.11 | 0.44 ± 0.68 | Sony | 9.48 ± 1.23 | 7.38 ± 2.52 | 0.35 ± 0.79 |
| Work experience (year) | 1–8 | 8.93 ± 1.35 | 7.65 ± 2.31 | 0.51 ± 0.76 | 9–17 | 8.90 ± 1.45 | 7.92 ± 2.08 | 0.30 ± 0.61 | 18–25 | 8.86 ± 1.19 | 8.06 ± 2.16 | 0.53 ± 0.73 |
| Caring experience of brain-death patient | Yes | 9.02 ± 1.35 | 7.97 ± 2.11 | 0.44 ± 0.69 | No | 8.54 ± 1.34 | 7.35 ± 2.39 | 0.40 ± 0.73 |
| Total | | 8.91 ± 1.36 | 7.83 ± 2.19 | 0.43 ± 0.70 |
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aStandard deviation, bnurses’ donation card, and cfamily’s donation card.
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