Table 3 The relationship of age, faculty, gender, experience, in-service training participation, living with elderly status, and scores of the scales
Age (Median) | Mann–Whitney U (Z) / P | Spearman’s rho (R) / P | Faculty Kruskal–Wallis H / P | Gender | Mann–Whitney U (Z/P) | Experience | Mann–Whitney U (Z/P) | In-service training | Mann–Whitney U (Z/P) | Living with elderly | Mann–Whitney U (Z/P) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geriatric Social Work Competency Scale | Below 32: 113.6 ± 1 | - 4.8 p < 0.001 | - 0.14 p < 0.001 | 81.3 p < 0.001 | Male: 111.1 ± 1.1 | - 1.0 p = 0.3 | None: 109.3 ± 1 | - 1,7 p = 0.01 | None: 110.3 ± 0.9 | - 0.3 p = 0.8 | None: 107.9 ± 1.4 | - 2.0 p = 0.049 |
32 and above: 105.8 ± 1.2 | Female: 108.3 ± 1.2 | Yes: 109.9 ± 1.1 | Yes: 108.1 ± 1.6 | Yes: 121.4 ± 1 | ||||||||
Values subscale | Below 32: 29.9 ± 0.3 | - 5.7 p < 0.001 | - 0.14 p < 0.001 | 92.4 p < 0.001 | Male: 29.2 ± 0.3 | - 1.2 p = 0.3 | None: 28.3 ± 0.3 | - 3.0 p = 0.003 | None: 28.9 ± 0.2 | - 0.1 p = 0.9 | None: 28.5 ± 0.4 | - 0.7 p = 0.4 |
32 and above: 27.4 ± 0.3 | Female: 28.1 ± 0.3 | Yes: 28.9 ± 0.3 | Yes: 28.1 ± 0.4 | Yes: 28.7 ± 0.2 | ||||||||
Assessment subscale | Below 32: 28.8 ± 0.3 | - 5.9 p < 0.001 | - 0.15 p < 0.001 | 86.3 p < 0.001 | Male: 27.8 ± 0.3 | - 1.4 p = 0.2 | None: 27.0 ± 0.3 | - 2.9 p = 0.004 | None: 27.6 ± 0.2 | - 0.5 p = 0.6 | None: 27.5 ± 0.4 | - 0.3p = 0.7 |
32 and above: 26.2 ± 0.3 | Female: 27.1 ± 0.3 | Yes: 27.8 ± 0.3 | Yes: 27.0 ± 0.4 | Yes: 28.4 ± 0.3 | ||||||||
Intervention subscale | Below 32: 28.2 ± 0.3 | - 4.3 p < 0.001 | - 0.13 p < 0.001 | 64.1 p < 0.001 | Male: 27.2 ± 0.3 | - 1.1 p = 0.3 | None: 27.2 ± 0.3 | - 1.1 p = 0.3 | None: 27.7 ± 0.3 | - 1.9 p = 0.1 | None: 27.0 ± 0.4 | - 1.0 p = 0.3 |
32 and above: 26.4 ± 0.3 | Female: 27.3 ± 0.3 | Yes: 27.2 ± 0.3 | Yes: 26.4 ± 0.4 | Yes: 27.3 ± 0.3 | ||||||||
Service subscale | Below 32: 26.8 ± 0.3 | - 2.1 p = 0.039 | - 0.09 p < 0.001 | 30.3 p < 0.001 | Male: 26.9 ± 0.3 | - 1.9 p = 0.1 | None: 26.7 ± 0.3 | - 1.4 p = 0.2 | None: 26.1 ± 0.3 | - 0.8 p = 0.4 | None: 24.9 ± 0.5 | - 3.8 p < 0.001 |
32 and above: 25.8 ± 0.3 | Female: 25.8 ± 0.3 | Yes: 26.0 ± 0.3 | Yes: 26.6 ± 0.4 | Yes: 26.9 ± 0.3 | ||||||||
UCLA-GA | Below 32: 54.9 ± 0.1 | - 6.4 p < 0.001 | - 0.09 p < 0.001 | 44.2 p < 0.001 | Male: 54.2 ± 0.2 | - 0.7 p = 0.5 | None: 53.1 ± 0.1 | - 7.9 p < 0.001 | None: 53.9 ± 0.1 | - 2.7 p = 0.008 | None: 54.2 ± 0.2 | - 0.1 p = 0.9 |
32 and above: 53.2 ± 0.2 | Female: 54.2 ± 0.1 | Yes: 55.1 ± 0.2 | Yes: 54.8 ± 0.2 | Yes: 54.2 ± 0.1 |