Investigating nurses’ knowledge and attitudes about delirium in older persons: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing

Table 4 The relation of knowledge and attitudes (Pearson correlation coefficients)

Questions	Knowledge 1.2–1.8	Knowledge 1.9–1.36	Knowledge 1.1–1.36	Attitudes Total	Attitudes Emotion	Attitudes Behavior	Attitudes Perception
Knowledge(1.1) Definition of Delirium	0.21^** < 0.001	0.26^** < 0.001	0.37^** < 0.001	0.35^** < 0.001	0.29^** < 0.001	0.31^** < 0.001	0. 33^** < 0.001
Knowledge(1.2–1.8) Tools for Delirium Identification		0.36^**	0.55^**	0.48^**	0.42^**	0.44^**	0.44^**
		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Knowledge(1.9–1.36) Presence of Delirium and Risk factors			0.96^**	0.48^**	0.40^**	0.41^**	0.47^**
			< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Knowledge Total				0.56^**	0.47^**	0.48^**	0.54^**
Knowledge Total				< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Attitudes Total					0.87^**	0.89^**	0.93^**
Attitudes Total					< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Attitudes Emotion						0.75 ^**	0.69^**
Attitudes Emotion						< 0.001	< 0.001
Attitudes Behavior							0.71 ^**
Attitudes Behavior							< 0.001

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