Research Article
Knowledge of the Glasgow Coma Scale among Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana
Table 6
Differences in GCS knowledge based on selected background characteristics.
| | Variables | Mean score | SD | F | p |
| | Ward | | | | | | Accident and Emergency ward | 12.681 | 3.358 | 3.860 | .006 | | Intensive Care Unit | 12.571 | 2.623 | | | | Neurosurgical ward | 14.200 | 1.8234 | | | | Medical ward | 11.039 | 4.712 | | | | General Surgery ward | 10.697 | 3.627 | | |
| | Academic qualification | | | | | | Diploma | 11.375 | 3.525 | 2.645 | .075 | | First degree | 12.546 | 3.991 | | | | Masters degree | 14.143 | 1.773 | | |
| | Frequency of GCS performance | | | | | | Daily | 13.342 | 2.773 | 4.315 | .006 | | Weekly | 15.667 | 577 | | | | Occasionally | 11.077 | 4.098 | | | | Almost never | 11.188 | 3.829 | | |
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