Improving the informatics competency of critical care nurses: results of an interventional study in the southeast of Iran

Table 2 Comparison of demographic and professional information of nurses in the intervention and control groups

Variables	Groups	Intervention		Control		χ2	P
Variables	Groups	n	%	n	%	χ2	P
Gender	male	5	16.70	5	16.70	0.003	0.99
Gender	Female	25	83.30	25	83.30	0.003	0.99
Age groups	< 30	10	32.3	11	35.5	2.11	0.347
	30–40	15	51.6	11	35.5
	> 40	5	16.1	8	29
Marital status	Single	9	29.10	8	26.70	1.06	0.58
Marital status	Married	21	70.90	22	73.30	1.06	0.58
Work experience (year)	< 5	8	25.80	12	40	4.03	0.40
	5–10	4	12.90	4	13.30
	11–15	12	41.90	6	20
	16–20	4	12.90	4	13.30
	> 21	2	6.50	4	13.30
Work experience in critical care unit (year)	< 5	7	25	11	36.60	3.86	0.42
	5–10	9	28.60	8	26.60
	11–15	11	35.70	9	28.60
	16–20	2	7.10	1	3.60
	> 21	1	3.60	1	3.60
Work position	Head nurse	0	0	3	10	3.26	0.7
Work position	Nurse	30	100	27	90	3.26	0.7
Shift work	Fix	1	3.20	2	6.70	0.38	0.53
Shift work	Rotation	29	96.80	28	93.30	0.38	0.53
Attendance at research training	Yes	1	3.20	5	16.70	3.10	0.07
Attendance at research training	No	29	96.80	25	83.30	3.10	0.07
Attendance at information literacy training	Yes	2	6.50	5	16.70	1.56	0.21
Attendance at information literacy training	no	28	93.50	25	83.30	1.56	0.21
Attendance at literature search and retrieval training	yes	1	3.20	5	16.70	3.10	0.07
Attendance at literature search and retrieval training	no	29	96.80	25	83.30	3.10	0.07
Attendance at computer skills training	yes	4	12.90	5	16.70	0.17	0.69
Attendance at computer skills training	no	26	87.10	25	83.30	0.17	0.69
The tendency to use databases	low	2	6.50	8	26.70	4.62	0.09
	moderate	16	54.80	12	40
	high	12	38.70	10	33.30

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