A Study of How Moral Courage and Moral Sensitivity Correlate with Safe Care in Special Care Nursing

Table 1

The demographic characteristics, moral sensitivity’ scores, moral courage’ scores, and safe care’ scores based on the demographic characteristics.

Variable		N (%)	Moral sensitivity; Mean ± SD	Moral courage; Mean ± SD	Safe care; Mean ± SD
Gender	Male	209 (39.9)	80.24 ± 2.11	91.25 ± 2.87	316.31 ± 9.24
	Female	315 (60.1)	82.28 ± 2.08	90.38 ± 2.44	317.51 ± 9.11
Marital status	Single	133 (25.4)	88.21 ± 2.35	92.55 ± 3.07	318.28 ± 9.08
	Married	350 (66.8)	83.47 ± 2.13	90.02 ± 2.97	315.32 ± 9.47
	Widowed	24 (4.6)	81.24 ± 2.20	89.25 ± 2.13	311.43 ± 9.61
	Divorced	17 (3.2)	80.32 ± 2.31	87.32 ± 2.87	310.55 ± 9.28
Education	Bachelor’s degree	507 (96.8)	87.17 ± 2.24	94.15 ± 3.11	318.61 ± 8.97
	Master’s degree	17 (3.2)	82.44 ± 2.17	90.05 ± 2.71	315.24 ± 9.10
Place of work	ICU	139 (26.5)	94.37 ± 2.42	96.15 ± 2.54	317.84 ± 9.32
	CCU	131 (25.3)	93.11 ± 2.13	95.43 ± 2.17	315.77 ± 9.46
	Post-CCU	138 (26.1)	93.47 ± 2.54	93.25 ± 2.07	313.44 ± 9.07
	Dialysis	116 (22.1)	89.32 ± 2.43	90.27 ± 2.44	313.01 ± 9.28
Age (years)	23–33	289 (55.2)	83.47 ± 2.13	93.05 ± 2.74	317.71 ± 9.02
	34–44	183 (34.9)	87.24 ± 2.57	91.08 ± 2.63	314.32 ± 9.27
	45–55	52 (9.9)	81.75 ± 2.56	87.11 ± 2.57	311.65 ± 9.13
Work experience (years)	1–5	119 (22.7)	83.24 ± 2.33	90.14 ± 2.37	313.81 ± 9.01
	6–10	223 (42.6)	87.39 ± 2.28	94.25 ± 2.45	317.64 ± 9.39
	11–15	129 (24.6)	85.07 ± 2.25	90.07 ± 2.66	312.24 ± 9.31
	More than 16	53 (10.1)	80.17 ± 2.21	87.64 ± 2.33	311.75 ± 9.61