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 ± SD^a	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.card^b	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.card^c	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

^aStandard deviation, ^bnurses’ donation card, and ^cfamily’s donation card.