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Table 2 Emergency department nurses mean scores in association with variables (ANOVA)

From: Knowledge about systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis: a survey among Dutch emergency department nurses

Variable

 

n (%)

Mean score (SD)

p value

Total

 

216

15.9 (3.2)

 

Sex

Male

53 (24)

16.7 (3.5)

0.04

 

Female

163 (76)

15.7 (3.0)

 

Age (years)

20–30

49 (23)

16.6 (3.4)

0.02

 

31–40

71 (33)

16.3 (3.2)

 
 

41–50

45 (21)

16.0 (3.3)

 
 

51–65

51 (23)

14.8 (2.7)

 

Shift

Day

182 (84)

15.9 (3.2)

0.57

 

Night

34 (16)

16.1 (3.3)

 

Recent education

Yes

58 (27)

17.2 (3.3)

0.001

 

No

158 (73)

15.5 (3.1)

 

Visit

1

87 (40)

16.1 (3.3)

0.43

 

2

75 (35)

15.7 (3.2)

 
 

3

49 (23)

16.2 (2.9)

 
 

4

5 (2)

13.8 (4.4)

 

Education

ED

151 (70)

15.9 (3.3)

0.55

 

ED + ICU/CCU

54 (25)

16.2 (3.0)

 
 

Unknown

11 (5)

15.0 (2.9)

 

Experience (years)

0–2

72 (33)

16.5 (3.2)

0.25

 

3–11

68 (32)

15.6 (3.4)

 
 

≥12

71 (33)

15.7 (3.0)

 
 

Unknown

5 (2)

15.2 (2.4)

 

ICU level

1

43 (20)

14.4 (2.8)

0.0001

 

2

67 (31)

15.4 (3.2)

 
 

3

106 (49)

16.9 (3.1)

 

Sepsis protocol

Yes

193 (89)

16.1 (3.3)

0.07

 

No

23 (11)

14.7 (2.5)

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