A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea

Table 4 Multiple Regression Analysis for Disaster Competencies of Public Health Nurses in Korea. (N = 242)

Variables	B	SE	β	t	p
(Constant)	-2.647	12.085		-.219	.827
Public health nurse experience	.043	.014	.166	3.061	.002
Education^a (Pursuing/Master’s degree in nursing)	13.891	5.282	.141	2.630	.009
Experience of education on emerging infectious diseases response^b(Yes)	9.983	2.809	.194	3.554	.000
Willingness to Respond to a Disaster	1.964	.415	.267	4.731	.000
Preventive Behavior	1.153	.241	.256	4.790	.000
Job Satisfaction	1.558	.596	.148	2.615	.010

R² = .348, Adjusted R² = .332, F = 20.841, p < 0.001
Referent groups of dummy variables were ^aEducation (Associate’s degree), ^bExperience of education on emerging infectious diseases response (No)

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