Research Article
Barriers to Safe Oxygen Therapy and the Effect of the Training on the Knowledge and Performance of ICU Nurses
Table 4
Demographic characteristics of the studied units in the educational phase.
| Variables | | Intervention group | Control group | value |
| Age, year | Mean ± SD | 33.33 ± 7.20 | 31.4 ± 4.90 | 0.319 | Work experience, year | 9.33 ± 4.93 | 8.24 ± 4.57 | 0.316 | Work experience in COVID ICU, month | 6.72 ± 8.68 | 6.84 ± 8.76 | 0.950 |
| Sex | N (%) | | | | Male | 6 (15.38) | 11 (28.95) | 0.151 | Female | 33 (84.62) | 27 (71.05) | | Marital status | | | | Single | 23 (58.98) | 20 (52.63) | 0.575 | Married | 16 (41.02) | 18 (47.37) | | Level of education | | | | Bachelor of science | 33 (84.62) | 34 (89.47 | 0.526 | Master of Science | 6 (15.38) | 4 (10.52) | | Passing the course of oxygen therapy | | | | Yes | 11 (28.20) | 6 (15.78) | 0.189 | No | 28 (71.80) | 32 (84.22) | | Work experience in the COVID ICU | | | | Yes | 29 (74.36) | 28 (73.68) | 0.947 | No | 10 (25.64) | 10 (26.32) | |
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N: number; SD: standard deviation; %: percent.
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