Univariate analysis of the post-traumatic growth of frontline nurses (n=167)
| Variables | Number, percentage (%) | PTGI score (‾X±SD)‡ | Statistical values (t/F)§ | P value |
| Demographic variables | ||||
| Age* | 3.017 | 0.003 | ||
| ≤30 | 104 (62.3) | 64.31±17.16 | ||
| >30 | 63 (37.7) | 72.38±16.07 | ||
| Sex | 1.149 | 0.252 | ||
| Male | 12 (7.2) | 72.83±23.95 | ||
| Female | 155 (92.8) | 66.93±16.56 | ||
| Marital status | 2.064 | 0.041 | ||
| Not married | 71 (42.5) | 64.20±17.55 | ||
| Married | 96 (57.5) | 69.69±16.58 | ||
| Children | 1.668 | 0.097 | ||
| No | 93 (55.7) | 65.39±17.19 | ||
| Yes | 74 (44.3) | 69.82±16.92 | ||
| Educational background | 3.895 | 0.002 | ||
| Junior college degree | 21 (12.5) | 55.52±19.07 | ||
| Bachelor’s degree and above | 146 (87.5) | 69.44±15.99 | ||
| Religious belief | 1.023 | 0.308 | ||
| No | 160 (95.8) | 60.86±13.55 | ||
| Yes | 7 (4.2) | 67.64±17.28 | ||
| Work-related variables | ||||
| Working years† | 3.965 | 0.009 | ||
| ≤3 | 63 (37.7) | 62.52±19.02 | ||
| 4~5 | 17 (10.2) | 64.76±9.99 | ||
| 6~10 | 47 (28.1) | 69.51±15.76 | ||
| >10 | 40 (24.0) | 73.53±16.11 | ||
| Professional title | 3.856 | 0.011 | ||
| Junior | 107 (64.1) | 64.88±17.32 | ||
| Middle | 53 (31.7) | 73.23±16.09 | ||
| Senior | 7 (4.2) | 70.86±18.59 | ||
| Previous rescue experience in a public health emergency | 2.640 | 0.009 | ||
| No Yes | 151 (90.4) | 66.23±17.25 | ||
| 16 (9.6) | 77.94±12.40 | |||
| Psychological intervention or training during COVID-19 | 2.760 | 0.006 | ||
| No | 123 (73.7) | 65.20±17.15 | ||
| Yes | 44 (26.3) | 73.36±15.88 | ||
| Feeling of being well prepared for frontline work | 1.787 | 0.076 | ||
| Not sure | 58 (34.7) | 64.12±17.22 | ||
| Yes | 109 (65.3) | 69.07±16.96 | ||
| Confidence about frontline work | 3.999 | 0.000 | ||
| Not sure | 32 (19.2) | 56.91±18.30 | ||
| Yes | 135 (80.8) | 69.83±15.98 | ||
| Awareness of the risk of frontline work | 3.844 | 0.000 | ||
| Low risk | 52 (31.1) | 60.06±18.08 | ||
| High risk | 115 (68.9) | 70.65±15.73 |
P values in bold are statistically significant.
*The median age of the participants was 30 years old.
†The median number of working years of the participants was 6 years; the 25% and 75% IQR were 3 and 10, respectively.
‡‾X: mean score of PTGI.
§t: statistical value of Student’s t-test; F: statistical value of one-way analysis of variance.
PTGI, Post-traumatic Growth Inventory.;