TABLE 3.

Correlations among study variables and nurses’ pain management practice (N = 85)

Variables	1	2	3	3.1	3.2	3.3	4	5
1. Years of nursing experience	1.00
2. Pain management training	−0.325**	1.00
3. Nurses’ workload	0.162	−0.017	1.00
3.1 Unanticipated and delayed events	0.125	0.028	0.940**	1.00
3.2 Multiple and/or long procedures	0.139	−0.054	0.871**	0.698**	1.00
3.3 Characteristics and composition of the caregiving teams	0.200	−0.071	0.836**	0.655**	0.731**	1.00
4. Nurses’ collaboration with physicians	0.184	0.200	−0.011	−0.037	−0.044	0.090	1.00
5. Nurses’ pain management practice	−0.215*	0.349**	−0.244*	−0.230*	−0.228*	−0.185	0.323**	1.00

Note: Point biserial correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between pain management training (0 = no training in 6 months, 1 = received training in 6 months) and other variables.

^* p < .05,

^** p < .01.