Perception of Nurses on Needs of Family Members of Patient Admitted to Critical Care Units of Teaching Hospital, Chitwan Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Institutional Based Study
Table 6
Differences on perception of nurses on needs of family members according to sociodemographic variables.
Variables
No.
Perception on Needs of Family Members
MeanSD
Needs for Support
Needs for Information
Needs for Closeness
Needs for Assurance
Needs for Comfort
Age ( in years)
20 – 29
60
34.56±5.01
28.50±2.86
24.73 ±3.04
24.05 ±3.07
16.65±2.92
≥30
5
35.40±2.88
25.80±4.14
26.40 ±1.64
25.40±2.70
17.40±.89
p-value
0.716
0.054
0.294
0.345
0.572
Marital status
Married
19
36.47±5.15
26.78±3.20
24.26±2.51
24.26±3.29
16.31±2.51
Unmarried
46
33.86±4.59
28.91±2.75
25.08±3.14
24.10±2.97
16.86±2.94
p–value
0.049
0.009
0.315
0.854
0.476
Ethnicity
Dalit
4
30.75±4.50
29.25±2.06
25.25±.957
24.75±1.89
14.00±2.44
Janajati
11
32.63±4.80
26.63±3.55
23.63±3.58
21.63±3.04
16.09±1.97
Brahman/Chhetri
50
35.38±4.72
28.58±2.89
25.08±2.91
24.66±2.88
17.06±2.90
p –value
0.060
0.126
0.339
0.009
0.081
Religion
Hindu
62
34.67±4.89
28.35±3.08
24.91±2.94
24.20±3.00
16.67±2.85
Buddhist
3
33.66±5.13
27.00±0.00
23.33±4.04
23.00±4.35
17.33±2.51
p –value
0.729
0.454
0.372
0.507
0.697
S.D.: standard deviation; significance level at < 0.05. Independent t-test; one-way ANOVA test.
