A Study of the Relationship between Professional Communication and Professional Commitment in Operating Room Nurses

Table 4

The relationship between the participants’ professional communication and professional commitment mean scores and their demographic characteristics.

Demographic characteristics		Variable
		Professional commitment	Professional communication
Age^a		r = 0.016;	r = 0.066;
Work experience^a		r = 0.056;	r = 0.065;
Academic major^b	Operating room	72.21 ± 10.37	137.05 ± 13.37
	Anesthesia	69.32 ± 14.22	136.14 ± 14.79
	value	0.071	0.518
Gender^c	Male	68.3481 ± 12.11	135.6 ± 130.8
	Female	73.3442 ± 10.8	137.5302 ± 13.3
	value	0.041	0.665
Work shift^c	Fixed	71.9 ± 11.8	140.0 ± 11.31
	Rotational	71.29 ± 11.7	141.53 ± 11.41
	value	0.672	0.155
Marital status^c	Single	69.8 ± 12.9	135.7786 ± 13.08
	Married	72.4 ± 10.5	137.4905 ± 14.045
	value	0.047	0.255
Interest in work^c	Yes	73.5 ± 9.8	137.87 ± 13.12
	No	58.3 ± 10.5	130.2 ± 14.81
	value	0.000	0.000
Education^b	Associate degree	73.4000 ± 10.42593	139.2 0 ± 12.31
	Bachelor’s degree	71.0481 ± 11.7	140.0 ± 11.93
	Master’s degree	72.7 ± 11.5	139.64 ± 13.02
	value	0.412	0.634

The relationship was significant (). ^aPearson correlation test. ^bANOVA. ^ct-test.