Iranian Nurses’ Attitudes and Perception towards Patient Advocacy

Table 4

Attitude, perception, and demographic factor correlation.

Pearson correlation	Attitude and perception correlation
Demographic factor	Age (year)
	<30	𝑟 = .365*
	30–40 y	𝑟 = .331*
	>40	𝑟 = .575*
	Gender
	Female	𝑟 = .326*
	Male	𝑟 = .532*
	Marriage
	Single	𝑟 = .389*
	Married	𝑟 = .352*
	Education
	B.S.	𝑟 = .352*
	M.S.	𝑟 = .224*
	Patient Right's Workshop	𝑟 = .309*
	Nursing work experience (year)
	6 m–10 y	𝑟 = .397*
	10–20 y	𝑟 = .193*
	20–30 y	𝑟 = .643*
	Ward
	Critical wards	𝑟 = .327*
	General wards	𝑟 = .315*
	Mental wards	𝑟 = .652*
	Hospital
	No. 1	𝑟 = .411*
	No. 2	𝑟 = .232*
	No. 3 (psychiatric)	𝑟 = .652*
	No. 4	𝑟 = .008*

^*Correlation is significant at the level of 𝑃 < 0.05.