The Attitude of Patients in 5 Azar Hospital of Gorgan toward the Respect of Human Territory

Background and objectives: Territoriality is a defined area that a person considers as its own and that he/she defends against intruders. We carried out this study to determine the patients attitude toward the respect of human territory in 5 Azar hospital, Gorgan, Iran. Material and Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 272 in 2008. The instrument was a questionnaire including demographic data and territory-related questions (r=869). We used Mann Whitney, kruskal-Wallis, and spearman correlation to analyse the data.  Results: The subjects are women (72.4%) with the mean age of 47.80 +17.28. The mean score of the patients' viewpoint is 2.97= 0.61. The rate of respect is 74%. There is no significant correlation between the attitude of patients and the demographic variables. Conclusion: Based on the results, the respect of human rights and territory is always being considered by patients. Thercforc. further rescarch about the factors affecting on it is extremely important.