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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Respondents (n = 113)

From: Adherence to standard nursing protocols on nasogastric tube feeding in a secondary referral hospital in Ghana: comparing self-ratings by professional and auxiliary nurses

Characteristics

Aux. Nurse (n = 24)

Prof. Nurse (n = 89)

Total (n = 113)

p-value

Gender

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)*

 

 Male

4 (17)

42 (47)

46 (41)

0.007c

 Female

20 (83)

47 (53)

67 (59)

 

Religion

    

 Christian

24 (100)

76 (86%)

100 (88)

0.155a

 Muslim

0 (0)

11 (12)

11 (10)

 

 Others

0 (0)

2 (2)

2 (2)

 

Marital status

    

 Single

12 (50)

47 (53)

59 (52)

0.494b

 Married

12 (50)

42 (47)

54 (48)

 

Educational qualification

    

 Certificate

23 (96)

2 (2)

24 (21)

0.000a

 Diploma

1 (4)

49 (55)

51 (45)

 

 Degree

0 (0)

38 (43)

38 (34)

 

Summary statistics

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value

 Age

29 (2)

30 (5)

29 (6)

0.384d

 Work experience (years)

4 (2)

5 (3)

5 (3)

0.642d

  1. Source: Field Data (2018); Legend: f (frequency); % *percentage); n (number of valid responses); *All frequencies are rounded to the nearest decimal; aFisher’s exact; b1-sided Fisher’s exact; cChi-square test at 95% confidence level; dTwo-sample independent Student t-test at 95% confidence level