Iranian Nurses’ Attitudes and Perception towards Patient Advocacy

Table 1

Demographic data.

Background characteristics	𝑛	%	Attitude mean	𝑃 value	Perception mean	𝑃 value
Age (year)				0.00		0.213
<30	184	49.2	3.68		0.75
30–40 y	151	40.4	3.89		0.74
>40	27	7.2	3.93		0.64
Hospital				0.00		0.009
Hospital no. 1	130	34.8	3.72		0.70
Hospital no. 2	111	29.7	3.69		0.68
Hospital no. 3 (psychiatric)	28	7.5	4.17		0.81
Hospital no. 4	105	28.1	3.86		0.80
Gender				0.04		0.230
Female	350	93.6	3.77		0.73
Male	24	6.4	3.99		0.80
Marriage				0.14		0.501
Single	138	36.9	3.74		0.75
Married	235	62.8	3.81		0.73
Education				0.65		0.748
B.S.	369	98.7	3.78		0.73
M.S.	5	1.3	3.88		0.77
Patient Right's Workshop				0.00		0.081
Yes	139	37.2	3.99		0.77
No	235	62.8	3.66		0.71
Nursing work experience (year)				0.03		0.132
6 m–10 y	262	70.1	3.72		0.74
10–20 y	89	23.8	3.94		0.73
20–30 y	18	4.8	3.89		0.59
Ward				0.00		0.319
Critical wards	142	38	3.79		0.73
General wards	204	54.4	3.73		0.72
Mental wards	28	7.5	4.17		0.81