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Table 4 Relationships between PEN and WEP and background variables

From: Work empowerment among cancer care professionals: a cross-sectional study

Variables

PEN

N

p-value

WEP

N

p-value

Age

r = 0.109

414

0.026

ns1

  

Work experience in health care

r = 0.156

431

0.001

ns1

  

Work experience in cancer care

r = 0.171

429

< 0.001

ns1

  

Sex

mean2

 

0.0013

mean4

 

< 0.0013

 Male

4.22

70

 

4.23

69

 

 Female

4.02

355

 

3.87

425

 

Leadership position

mean2

 

< 0.0013

mean4

 

< 0.0013

 Yes

4.32

67

 

4.30

66

 

 No

4.01

354

 

3.86

355

 

Education status

mean2

 

< 0.0013

mean4

 

0.0023

 Nursing care

4.02

331

 

3.89

66

 

 Doctor

4.28

66

 

4.12

331

 

Belonging to interprofessional team

mean2

 

< 0.0013

ns1

  

 Yes

4.21

102

    

 No

4.00

303

    

Time passed since training of interprofessional co-operation

ns1

  

mean4

 

0.0013

 Maximum 5 years

   

4.00

284

 

 Over 5 years

   

3.59

46

 
  1. 1 = not significant
  2. 2 = scale 1 = not at all confident, …, 5 = fully confident
  3. 3 = Mann Whitney U-test
  4. 4 = scale 1 = totally disagree, …, 5 = totally agree
  5. PEN Performance of an Empowered Personnel
  6. WEP Work Empowerment Promoting Factors