The Association between Operating Room Nurses’ Characteristics, Competence, and Missed Nursing Care: A National Survey

Table 2

Correlation matrix of study variables.

	Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Frequency of missed care in OR^a	—
2	Reasons for missed care in OR^b	0.372	—
3	Perceived perioperative competence^c	−0.207	−0.059	—
4	Sex	0.068	−0.041	−0.147	—
5	Age (years)	−0.200	−0.201	0.305	−0.140	—
6	Number of ORs in hospital	0.044	0.104	−0.074	−0.042	−0.048	—
7	Postgraduate education	0.034	0.04	0.067	0.068	−0.042	0.079	—
8	Hours per week worked	0.039	−0.013	0.083	0.101	−0.131	0.098	0.067	—
9	Years of exp in OR	−0.082	−0.076	0.394	−0.156	0.782	0.01	−0.062	−0.142	—
10	Intention to leave	0.096	0.111	0.023	0.00	0.043	0.031	−0.028	−0.058	0.079	—
11	Overtime in last 3 months	0.053	−0.043	0.127	0.044	−0.065	−0.072	0.007	0.340	−0.048	−0.028	—
12	Missed shifts in last 3 months	0.090	0.107	0.002	0.003	−0.179	0.06	−0.069	0.032	−0.138	0.031	0.052	—
13	Nurse job satisfaction^d	−0.306	−0.299	0.08	−0.004	0.111	−0.027	0.122	0.051	0.00	−0.302	−0.044	−0.125

OR = operating room. Note.Spearman’s correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). a = MISSCARE survey-operating room, b = perceived perioperative competence scale-short form (PPCS-SF), c = MISSCARE survey-operating room and d = job satisfaction scale.