Table 3.

Types of experienced abuse

	Verbal abuse		Physical abuse		Outside confrontation		Stalking
	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency
Respondent was abused	48	127/200	20	40/200	18	35/200	5	18/200
Of those that were abused, the abusers were
Patient	39	49/127	78	31/40	9	3/35	2	3/18
Patient’s family/bystanders	72	92/127	58	23/40	94	33/35	56	10/18
ED staff members	32	41/127	8	3/40	11	4/35	0	0
Hospital staff members	71	9/127	3	1/40		2/35	2	4/18
Specialists from other departments	23	29/127	0	0/40	9	3/35	1	1/18
Other	7	9/127	2	8/40	0	1/35	1	2/18