Table 2 Incidence of workplace violence and interventions done by the respondents
Variable | Category | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical attack in the workplace (Last 12 months) | No | 81 | 84.4% |
Yes | 14 | 14.6% | |
Yes, with weapon | 1 | 1.0% | |
| Â | Â | N | % |
Verbal attack in the workplace (Last 12 months) | No | 21 | 21.9% |
Yes | 75 | 78.1% | |
Frequency of physical or verbal violence | Once | 12 | 12.5% |
2 to 3 times | 28 | 29.2% | |
4 to 5 times | 15 | 15.6% | |
More than 5 times | 29 | 30.2% | |
Never | 12 | 12.5% | |
Location of incident | Did not take place | 13 | 13.5% |
Inside the hospital | 81 | 84.4% | |
Both inside and outside the hospital | 2 | 2.1% | |
Procedure for reporting incidence in the workplace | No | 8 | 8.3% |
Yes | 79 | 82.3% | |
I don’t know | 9 | 9.4% | |
Reporting of violence | No, because I am afraid of negative consequences | 6 | 6.3% |
No, because I feel reporting the violence incidence is useless | 28 | 29.2% | |
No, because I don’t know whom to report | 2 | 2.1% | |
Yes | 43 | 44.8% | |
Other reasons | 17 | 17.7% |