Job-related stress in psychiatric nurses in Japan caring for elderly patients with dementia

Table 1 Demographic variables of subjects

Variables	Psychiatric dementia nurses (N = 63)		Other psychiatric nurses (N = 181)		t value	χ ² value	P value
Variables	Mean or Number	SD or %	Mean or number	SD or %	t value	χ ² value	P value
Age	38.89	9.25	42.72	11.47	−2.652		0.009
Gender
Male (0)	10	15.9 %	75	41.4 %
Female (1)	53	84.1	106	58.6		13.453	<0.001
Job position
Non-manager (0)	54	85.7 %	154	85.1 %		0.015	0.903
Manager (1)	9	14.3 %	27	14.9 %
Qualifications
Registered nurse (0)	45	71.4 %	130	71.8 %		0.004	0.952
Assistant nurse (1)	18	28.6 %	51	28.2 %
Experience working in other department
Yes (0)	33	52.4 %	136	75.1 %		11.368	0.001
No (1)	30	47.6 %	45	24.9 %
Years of experience in psychiatry department	10.32	7.96	13.80	10.74	−2.717		0.007

Age and years of experience in psychiatry department were compared by t test. gender, job rank, qualifications and experience working in other departments were compared by χ ² test. magager was head nurse or chief nurse

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