Exploring the relationship between death anxiety and empathy among nursing students at an early stage of their clinical internships

Table 1 The influence of demographic factors on empathy (n = 473), n (%)/mean ± SD

Variable	n (%)	Empathy scores	t/F value	P value
Gender
Male	16 (3.4)	66.94 ± 13.95	1.119	0.264
Female	457 (96.6)	63.67 ± 11.40
Major
Nursing	335 (70.8)	64.73 ± 11.59	2.817	0.005
Midwifery	138 (29.2)	61.48 ± 10.94
Religion
No	303 (64.1)	63.82 ± 11.43	0.088	0.930
Yes	170 (35.9)	63.72 ± 11.62
Being an only child
Yes	40 (8.5)	65.23 ± 12.35	0.831	0.406
No	433 (91.5)	63.65 ± 11.41
Family economic status
Very good	8 (1.7)	64.63 ± 12.59	0.234	0.919
Good	10 (2.1)	65.30 ± 12.48
Moderate	348 (73.6)	63.97 ± 11.57
Bad	81 (17.1)	63.15 ± 11.12
Very bad	26 (5.5)	62.38 ± 11.51
Parents' health status
Very bad	9 (1.9)	60.00 ± 10.94	0.554	0.696
Bad	21 (4.4)	63.24 ± 10.71
Moderate	186 (39.3)	63.20 ± 11.04
Good	197 (41.6)	64.30 ± 11.82
Very good	60 (12.7)	64.62 ± 12.23
Knowledge of death education
Have no idea	155 (32.8)	64.11 ± 12.10	0.972	0.379
Know a bit	304 (64.3)	63.80 ± 11.07
Know well	14 (3.0)	59.64 ± 13.57
Have a death education course before
Yes	74 (15.6)	62.64 ± 11.05	-0.933	0.351
No	399 (84.4)	63.99 ± 11.57