Table 3 Bivariate correlation of demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and refusal to treat patients with herpes labialis among participants

Age

r

1

-.179

.469^a

.473^a

.408^a

.335^a

.232^b

.187

.105

-.027

-.043

p-value

.083

.000

.000

.000

.001

.023

.070

.310

.792

.680

Sex

r

-.179

1

.122

-.089

-.289^a

-.116

-.255^b

-.286^a

-.092

.062

-.013

p-value

.083

.241

.389

.004

.263

.013

.005

.373

.551

.899

Marital status

r

.469^a

.122

1

.557^a

.233^b

.340^a

.126

.097

.046

.070

-.202^b

p-value

.000

.241

.000

.023

.001

.222

.351

.659

.501

.050

Professional status

r

.473^a

-.089

.557^a

1

.419^a

.512^a

.304^a

.262^b

-.011

.202^b

-.127

p-value

.000

.389

.000

.000

.000

.003

.010

.917

.049

.221

Overall knowledge

r

.408^a

-.289^a

.233^b

.419^a

1

.593^a

.631^a

.684^a

-.022

.075

-.051

p-value

.000

.004

.023

.000

.000

.000

.000

.833

.468

.621

General knowledge

r

.335^a

-.116

.340^a

.512^a

.593^a

1

.396^a

.414^a

-.172

.003

-.023

p-value

.001

.263

.001

.000

.000

.000

.000

.096

.978

.824

Trigger Knowledge

r

.232^b

-.255^b

.126

.304^a

.631^a

.396^a

1

.915^a

.022

.117

.108

p-value

.023

.013

.222

.003

.000

.000

.000

.833

.261

.297

Prevention Knowledge

r

.187

-.286^a

.097

.262^b

.684^a

.414^a

.915^a

1

.007

.134

.090

p-value

.070

.005

.351

.010

.000

.000

.000

.944

.197

.387

Attitude

r

.105

-.092

.046

-.011

-.022

-.172

.022

.007

1

-.076

.212^b

p-value

.310

.373

.659

.917

.833

.096

.833

.944

.464

.039

Behavior

r

-.027

.062

.070

.202^b

.075

.003

.117

.134

-.076

1

.171

p-value

.792

.551

.501

.049

.468

.978

.261

.197

.464

.097

Refusal to treat

r

-.043

-.013

-.202^b

-.127

-.051

-.023

.108

.090

.212^b

.171

1

p-value

.680

.899

.050

.221

.621

.824

.297

.387

.039

.097