Improving psychiatric nurses’ competencies in spiritual care and integration of clients’ religion/spirituality into mental healthcare: outcomes of an online spiritual care training program

Table 1 Demographic and R/S information of the two study groups

Variables	Categories	Intervention		Control		X ²	P-value
		n	%	n	%
Age groups	< 30	11	22	14	31.1	2.10	0.35
	30–40	19	38	19	42.2
	> 40	20	40	12	26.7
Gender	Male	8	16	12	26.7	1.62	0.20
Gender	Female	42	84	33	73.3	1.62	0.20
Marital status	Single	5	10	12	26.7	5.20	0.07
	Married	44	88	33	73.3
	Other	1	2	0	0
Work position	Nurse	40	80	36	80	0.53	0.91
	Head nurse	5	10	4	8.9
	Supervisors	4	8	3	6.7
	Other	1	2	2	4.4
Type of employment	Committed	8	16	7	15.6	5. 90	0.11
	Temporary-to-permanent	6	12	0	0
	contract recruiters	10	20	10	22.2
	Hired (permanent)	26	52	28	62.2
Shift work	Fix	6	12	9	20	7.03	0.12
Shift work	Rotation	44	88	36	80	7.03	0.12
Type of ward	Emergency and children	12	24	7	15.5	7.03	0.13
	Women	12	24	13	28.9
	Men	22	44	21	46.7
	Supervisory	4	8	3	6.7
	Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)	0	0	1	2.2
Education degree	Bachelor	41	82	38	84.4	0.10	0.75
Education degree	Master	9	18	7	15.6	0.10	0.75
Work experience (years)	˂10	15	30	17	37.8	0.75	0.68
	10–20	31	62	24	53.3
	> 20	4	8	4	8.9
Attendance at previous training on SC	Yes	5	10	4	8.9	0.034	0.85
Attendance at previous training on SC	No	45	90	41	91.1	0.034	0.85
Degree of religiosity	High	7	14	8	17.8	2.05	0.56
	Moderately	31	62	31	68.9
	Slightly	11	22	5	11.1
	Not at all	1	2	1	2.2
Degree of spirituality	high	6	12	8	17.8	2.91	0.23
	Moderately	32	64	32	71.1
	Slightly	12	24	5	11.1
	Not at all	0	0	0	0
Providing SC for patients	low	5	10	1	2.2	3.14	0.53
	Moderate	26	52	24	53.3
	High	16	32	18	40
	Very high	3	6	2	4.4

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