Table 3.

distribution of the sample according to place of occurrence, number of harassments, psychological effect, types of psychological effect, harasser, action taken for investigation and who took the action

Variable		Frequency (%)
Place of occurrence; n=130	Corridor	13 (10.0%)
	Room (doctor, nursing, examination)	61 (46.9%)
	Pharmacy	3 (2.3%)
	Lab	2 (1.5%)
	Reception	9 (6.9%)
	Stairs	5 (3.8%)
	Theatre	5 (3.8%)
	Corridor, stairs, elevator	9 (6.9%)
	Room (doctor, nursing, examination), corridor	3 (2.3%)
	Reception, room (doctor, nursing, examination ), corridor	20 (15.4%)
Number of harassments; n=130	Once	22 (16.9%)
	Twice	31 (23.8%)
	Three	18 (13.8%)
	More than 3	59 (45.4%)
Psychological effect; n=130	No	61 (46.9%)
	Yes	69 (53.1%)
Type of psychological effect; n=69	Anger	1 (1.4%)
	Ashamed	4 (5.8%)
	Depression	8 (11.6%)
	Disappointment	8 (11.6%)
	Fear and anxiety	15 (21.7%)
	Loss of desire to work	32 (46.4%)
	All the above	1 (1.4%)
who harassed you? n=130	Staff member/supervisor/colleague	45 (34.6%)
	Patient/co-patient/general public	43 (33.1%)
	Both	42 (32.3%)
action taken for investigation; n=130	No	123 (94.6%)
	Yes	7 (5.4%)
Who take the action; n=7	Community group	1 (14.3%)
	Management/employer	3 (42.9%)
	My self	1 (14.3%)
	Police	1 (14.3%)
	Union	1 (14.3%)