Table 5 School year and ESQ-NS scores
From: The development and validation of the Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire for Nursing Students
| Â | ESQ-NS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | |||||||||
|  | Respect for individuals | Distributive justice | Maintaining patients’ confidentiality | |||||||||
n | mean | SD | n | mean | SD | n | mean | SD | n | mean | SD | |
School Year | ||||||||||||
1st grade | 144 | 2.4 | 0.5a*b*c* | 144 | 2.5 | 0.5a*b*c* | 144 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 144 | 3.0 | 0.9a*b*c* |
2nd grade | 141 | 2.6 | 0.4a* | 141 | 2.7 | 0.5a*d* | 141 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 141 | 3.2 | 0.7a* |
3rd grade | 83 | 2.8 | 0.5b* | 83 | 2.9 | 0.5b*d* | 83 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 83 | 3.3 | 0.7b* |
4th grade | 152 | 2.7 | 0.5c* | 152 | 2.8 | 0.5c* | 152 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 152 | 3.3 | 0.6c* |