Differences in importance according to the participants’ general and job-related characteristics (n=107)
| Variable | Total | Recipient management | Donor management | Organ donation activation management | Organ transplantation administration | Professional capability development | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±SD | t/F | P-value | Mean±SD | t/F | P-value | Mean±SD | t/F | P-value | Mean±SD | t/F | P-value | Mean±SD | t/F | P-value | Mean±SD | t/F | P-value | |
| Age (yr) | 1.818 | 0.149 | 1.533 | 0.210 | 1.399 | 0.247 | 3.413 | 0.020 | 0.615 | 0.607 | 1.685 | 0.175 | ||||||
| ≤29 | 3.72±0.14 | 3.71±0.23 | 3.81±0.14 | 3.10±0.67 | 3.76±0.24 | 3.38±0.40 | 1.685 | |||||||||||
| 30–39 | 3.68±0.28 | 3.72±0.27 | 3.78±0.26 | 3.39±0.65 | 3.61±0.47 | 3.27±0.64 | (0.175) | |||||||||||
| 40–49 | 3.80±0.22 | 3.82±0.22 | 3.88±0.21 | 3.68±0.43 | 3.71±0.38 | 3.53±0.44 | - | |||||||||||
| ≥50 | 3.76±0.31 | 3.74±0.28 | 3.86±0.27 | 3.53±0.56 | 3.60±0.54 | 3.43±0.59 | - | |||||||||||
| Sex | 0.968 | 0.335 | 0.164 | 0.870 | 1.103 | 0.273 | 0.761 | 0.449 | 1.989 | 0.049 | –0.236 | 0.814 | ||||||
| Female | 3.74±0.25 | 3.76±0.25 | 3.83±0.23 | 3.51±0.57 | 3.68±0.42 | 3.40±0.55 | ||||||||||||
| Male | 3.60±0.36 | 3.74±0.27 | 3.68±0.38 | 3.25±0.90 | 3.20±0.17 | 3.48±0.50 | ||||||||||||
| Education | –1.809 | 0.073 | –1.111 | 0.269 | –1.732 | 0.086 | –1.204 | 0.232 | –1.335 | 0.185 | –0.964 | 0.337 | ||||||
| College/University | 3.70±0.27 | 3.74±0.26 | 3.80±0.26 | 3.44±0.56 | 3.62±0.44 | 3.36±0.54 | ||||||||||||
| Postgraduate | 3.79±0.21 | 3.80±0.22 | 3.87±0.19 | 3.58±0.60 | 3.73±0.38 | 3.47±0.56 | ||||||||||||
| Career length of coordinator (yr) | 0.040 | 0.989 | 0.319 | 0.811 | 0.563 | 0.641 | 0.795 | 0.499 | 0.409 | 0.747 | 0.947 | 0.421 | ||||||
| <3 | 3.73±0.27 | 3.80±0.23 | 3.81±0.25 | 3.39±0.67 | 3.66±0.45 | 3.39±0.59 | ||||||||||||
| 3–5 | 3.74±0.19 | 3.73±0.23 | 3.88±0.18 | 3.54±0.62 | 3.70±0.40 | 3.26±0.55 | ||||||||||||
| 6–9 | 3.75±0.24 | 3.77±0.27 | 3.84±0.22 | 3.47±0.52 | 3.73±0.36 | 3.44±0.55 | - | |||||||||||
| ≥10 | 3.73±0.28 | 3.75±0.26 | 3.80±0.26 | 3.61±0.47 | 3.61±0.45 | 3.51±0.50 | - | |||||||||||
| No. of hospital beds | 0.135 | 0.893 | 0.322 | 0.748 | –0.019 | 0.985 | –0.261 | 0.795 | –0.273 | 0.785 | 1.017 | 0.312 | ||||||
| <700 | 3.75±0.29 | 3.78±0.26 | 3.83±0.32 | 3.46±0.44 | 3.64±0.45 | 3.55±0.44 | ||||||||||||
| ≥700 | 3.74±0.24 | 3.76±0.24 | 3.83±0.22 | 3.51±0.60 | 3.67±0.42 | 3.38±0.56 | ||||||||||||
| Type of workplace | –0.155 | 0.877 | 0.209 | 0.835 | –0.015 | 0.988 | –0.731 | 0.466 | –0.040 | 0.968 | –1.420 | 0.159 | ||||||
| HOPO | 3.73±0.25 | 3.77±0.24 | 3.83±0.23 | 3.47±0.61 | 3.67±0.43 | 3.35±0.58 | ||||||||||||
| Transplant medical institution (contracting agency) | 3.74±0.24 | 3.76±0.26 | 3.83±0.24 | 3.56±0.51 | 3.67±0.40 | 3.50±0.46 | ||||||||||||
| Type of job | –1.201 | 0.232 | –1.235 | 0.229 | –0.944 | 0.347 | –0.942 | 0.349 | –1.028 | 0.314 | –0.028 | 0.978 | ||||||
| Concurrent position | 3.68±0.30 | 3.69±0.31 | –1.235 | 3.78±0.27 | 3.39±0.56 | 3.57±0.49 | 3.40±0.67 | |||||||||||
| Exclusive position | 3.75±0.23 | 3.78±0.23 | 3.84±0.22 | 3.53±0.58 | 3.69±0.40 | 3.40±0.52 | ||||||||||||
| No. of coworkers | 0.129 | 0.943 | 0.148 | 0.931 | 0.244 | 0.865 | 0.790 | 0.502 | 0.180 | 0.910 | 0.798 | 0.498 | ||||||
| 1 | 3.76±0.26 | 3.77±0.26 | 3.84±0.25 | 3.45±0.51 | 3.64±0.47 | 3.56±0.55 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3.72±0.27 | 3.74±0.28 | 3.81±0.23 | 3.50±0.60 | 3.64±0.42 | 3.34±0.59 | ||||||||||||
| 3–5 | 3.75±0.20 | 3.78±0.21 | 3.83±0.23 | 3.70±0.41 | 3.71±0.40 | 3.36±0.54 | ||||||||||||
| 6–10 | 3.74±0.25 | 3.77±0.20 | 3.85±0.23 | 3.43±0.67 | 3.69±0.41 | 3.41±0.50 | ||||||||||||
| Region |
0.998 | 0.372 | 0.701 | 0.498 | 1.179 | 0.312 | 1.131 | 0.327 | 0.392 | 0.677 | 0.876 | 0.420 | ||||||
| Zone 1 | 3.75±0.24 | 3.77±0.25 | 3.85±0.22 | 3.51±0.60 | 3.68±0.40 | 3.45±0.51 | ||||||||||||
| Zone 2 | 3.64±0.29 | 3.68±0.24 | 3.73±0.28 | 3.27±0.68 | 3.56±0.49 | 3.31±0.60 | ||||||||||||
| Zone 3 | 3.73±0.24 | - | 3.77±0.22 | - | 3.82±0.25 | - | 3.59±0.45 | - | 3.69±0.45 | - | 3.30±0.63 | - | ||||||
| Satisfaction with salary | 1.384 | 0.255 | 0.613 | 0.544 | 0.833 | 0.437 | 0.411 | 0.664 | 1.982 | 0.143 | 1.427 | 0.245 | ||||||
| Satisfaction | 3.81±0.23 | 3.80±0.22 | 3.89±0.20 | 3.58±0.74 | 3.74±0.32 | 3.54±0.52 | ||||||||||||
| Average | 3.70±0.25 | 3.73±0.26 | 3.80±0.24 | 3.44±0.58 | 3.57±0.46 | 3.30±0.54 | ||||||||||||
| Insufficient/very insufficient | 3.75±0.24 | 3.78±0.24 | 3.84±0.23 | 3.53±0.53 | 3.73±0.40 | 3.45±0.55 | ||||||||||||
| Main task | 2.013 | 0.139 | 2.069 | 0.132 | 3.069 | 0.051 | 6.466 | 0.002 | 1.821 | 0.167 | 0.458 | 0.634 | ||||||
| Transplantation | 3.79±0.22 | 3.82±0.18 | 3.89±0.21 | 3.64±0.54 | 3.76±0.38 | 3.45±0.48 | ||||||||||||
| Brain death management | 3.58±0.32 | 3.67±0.29 | 3.75±0.17 | 2.63±0.92 | 3.53±0.46 | 3.21±0.85 | ||||||||||||
| Transplantation and brain death management | 3.71±0.26 | 3.73±0.28 | 3.79±0.24 | 3.47±0.53 | b | 3.61±0.44 | 3.38±0.58 | |||||||||||
| Total number of transplants (per year) | 0.161 | 0.922 | 0.198 | 0.898 | 0.237 | 0.870 | 0.712 | 0.547 | 0.045 | 0.987 | 1.534 | 0.210 | ||||||
| <10 | 3.74±0.25 | 3.75±0.28 | 3.82±0.25 | 3.55±0.46 | 3.67±0.40 | 3.55±0.44 | ||||||||||||
| 10–20 | 3.78±0.26 | 3.72±0.32 | 3.88±0.20 | 3.58±0.55 | 3.69±0.45 | 3.52±0.63 | ||||||||||||
| 21–29 | 3.72±0.24 | 3.77±0.24 | 3.82±0.18 | 3.33±0.63 | 3.69±0.46 | 3.21±0.66 | ||||||||||||
| ≥30 | 3.73±0.25 | 3.78±0.21 | 3.83±0.25 | 3.53±0.61 | 3.66±0.42 | 3.39±0.51 | ||||||||||||
| Total number of transplant organs within the scope of the coordinator’s responsibility | 0.250 | 0.780 | 0.628 | 0.536 | 0.017 | 0.984 | 0.079 | 0.924 | 0.367 | 0.694 | 1.317 | 0.273 | ||||||
| 1 | 3.73±0.27 | 3.75±0.28 | 3.83±0.28 | 3.51±0.60 | 3.62±0.42 | 3.34±0.54 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3.73±0.24 | 3.75±0.25 | 3.83±0.21 | 3.54±0.49 | 3.69±0.43 | 3.39±0.57 | ||||||||||||
| 3–5 | 3.77±0.24 | 3.81±0.21 | 3.82±0.22 | 3.57±0.54 | 3.70±0.42 | 3.56±0.46 | ||||||||||||
SD, standard deviation; t/F, T-statistic/F-statistic; HOPO, hospital-based organ procurement organization.
a)Zone 1: Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do, Jeju. Zone 2: Chungcheong-do, Jeolla-do. Zone 3: Gyeongsang-do.