Table 3.
Risk factors associated with physical violence against doctors in tertiary care hospital; binary logistic regression model results
| Participants’ characteristics | Physical violence (n = 50) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORs | 95% CI (lower- upper) | aORs | 95% CI (lower- upper) | |
| Age in years | ||||
| Equal or more than 30 (Ref.) | ||||
| Less than 30 | 1.345 | 0.247–3.595 | 1.324 | 0.144–4.973 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female (Ref.) | ||||
| Male | 1.544 | 0.894–5.005 | 1.534 | 0.761–6.096 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Ever married (Ref.) | ||||
| Never married | 0.250 | 0.106–0.377 | 0.236 | 0.029–1.786 |
| Hospital | ||||
| Private (Ref.) | ||||
| Public | 2.467 | 1.231–10.943 | 2.376 | 1.210–10.080 |
| Type of work | ||||
| Permanent (Ref.) | ||||
| Contractual | 1.668 | 0.885–3.145 | 1.674 | 0.776–3.614 |
| Department | ||||
| Surgery (Ref.) | ||||
| Emergency | 2.045 | 1.096–9.254 | 2.011 | 1.470–9.042 |
| Other departments | 0.935 | 0.044–2.453 | 0.671 | 0.025–4.170 |
Adjusted odds ratio = aORs, unadjusted odds ratio = OR, confidence interval = CI, and reference = Ref.