Validating the self-competence in death work scale for end-of-life care volunteers

BMC Palliative Care

Table 4 SC-DWS by personal experiences (4 groups)

	Personal experience	n	Mean	SD	F	p
Existential_new	no TCEP experience and no training ^a*	124	23.06	3.00	6.22	< 0.001
	no TCEP experience but with training ^b*	40	22.63	3.65
	with TCEP but no training	61	23.51	3.74
	with TCEP and with training ^{a* b*}	56	25.13	3.15
	Total	281	23.51	3.39
Emotional_new	no TCEP experience and no training ^a*	124	26.84	3.77	4.18	0.006
	no TCEP experience but with training	40	27.20	4.01
	with TCEP but no training	61	27.34	3.86
	with TCEP and with training ^a*	56	28.93	3.07
	Total	281	27.42	3.76
SCDWS (13 items)	no TCEP experience and no training ^a*	124	49.90	6.04	6.45	< 0.001
	no TCEP experience but with training ^b*	40	49.83	7.08
	with TCEP but no training ^c*	61	50.85	6.59
	with TCEP and with training ^{a* bc}	56	54.05	5.00
	Total	281	50.92	6.31
SCDWS (16 items)	no TCEP experience and no training ^a*	124	61.54	7.53	6.38	< 0.001
	no TCEP experience but with training ^b*	40	61.65	8.72
	with TCEP but no training ^c*	61	62.92	7.95
	with TCEP and with training ^{a* bc}	56	66.67	6.05
	Total	281	62.88	7.75

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