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Table 4 Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation) and correlationa among variables in study 3 (n = 271)

From: Development and preliminary validation of a brief nurses’ perceived professional benefit questionnaire (NPPBQ)

 

M (SD)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

1. Total score of the NPPBQ

71.16 (9.42)

α = 0.937

       

2. Positive occupational perception

11.47 (2.53)

.863**

α = 0.840

      

3. Good nurse-patient relationship

17.08 (2.44)

.870**

.677**

α = 0.828

     

4. recognition from family, relatives, and friends

12.74 (1.87)

.776**

.575**

.582**

α = 0.737

    

5. sense of belonging to a team

12.86 (1.75)

.846**

.641**

.691**

.586**

α = 0.788

   

6. self-growth

17.01 (2.40)

.905**

.728**

.723**

.639**

.752**

α = 0.862

  

7. emotional exhaustion

30.13 (10.65)

−.514**

−.530**

−.407**

−.334**

−.402**

−.491**

 

8. reduced personal accomplishment

38.99 (11.19)

.273**

.169**

.237**

.200**

.277**

.292**

−.076

9. depersonalization

10.59 (4.94)

−.366**

−.318**

−.286**

−.290**

−.318**

−.352**

.616**

−.171**

  1. Pearson’s correlation coefficient test was used, two-tailed. Simplified Chinese version of Palliative Care Spiritual Care Competency Scale (NPPBQ)
  2. **. Ρ < 0.01, Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Cronbach’s alpha on the diagonal in parenthesis