Factors related to the intention to leave and the decision to resign among newly graduated nurses: a complete survey in a selected prefecture in Japan

Table 3 Results of t test for independent variables between two groups of each dependent variable (n = 493)

Variable	Indention to leave^a			Decision to resign^b
Variable	Low risk (n = 35)	High risk (n = 48)	P value	No (n = 460)	Yes (n = 33)	P value
Individual factors
Being personally suited for nursing work	8.07	5.92	<0.001	7.50	6.33	<0.001
GHQ-12	30.46	35.70	<0.001	31.67	37.06	<0.001
CF-13	25.19	31.16	<0.001	26.69	31.00	<0.001
Psychosocial factors in the work environment
Supervisor support	8.15	6.56	<0.001	7.79	6.06	<0.001
Coworker support	9.45	8.64	<0.001	9.29	7.97	<0.001
Quantitative demands	62.42	74.08	<0.001	65.42	72.94	0.009
Cognitive demands	71.00	75.44	0.002	71.99	77.08	0.058
Emotional demands	53.26	64.30	<0.001	56.23	61.36	0.183
Demands for hiding emotions	41.19	58.11	<0.001	45.54	59.47	<0.001
Sensory demands	76.26	80.27	0.017	77.01	83.79	0.028
Presence of a role model	0.91	0.59	<0.001	0.84	0.52	<0.001

The mean comparisons of each group of dependent variables were assessed by t test
^a1 = high-risk group, with total score of intention to leave in upper quartile; 0 = low-risk group, with total score of intention to leave not in upper quartile
^b1 = “yes” group of female NGNs intending to resign from a current organization within this fiscal year (within 3 months); 0 = “no” group of female NGNs not intending to resign from a current organization within this fiscal year (within 3 months)

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