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. 2024 Sep 27;10:23779608241281129. doi: 10.1177/23779608241281129

Table 3.

Characteristics of Sexual Harassment Experience (N = 462).

Variables Categories N % Respondent a
n %
Perpetrator Doctor 43 18.78 230 49.78
Patient 133 58.08
Patient's relatives 15 6.55
Superiors 17 7.42
Coworker 12 4.81
Other 10 4.37
Experience place A public place like a waiting room 102 44.74 228 49.35
Enclosed place 22 9.65
Company dinner 51 22.37
An outside place like a picnic 3 1.32
Others 50 21.93
Experience time Within 6 months 38 19.79 192 41.56
(after joining the company) Within a year 72 37.50
Within 2–3 years 45 23.44
After 3 years 23 11.98
  From time to time 14 7.29
The frequency of experience Almost every day 3 1.35 223 48.27
1–2 times a week 11 4.93
1–2 times a month 37 16.59
1–2 times a year 115 51.57
Other 57 25.56
The person who helped Doctor 5 4.20 119 25.76
Patient 4 3.36
Patient's relatives 1 0.84
Superiors 46 38.66
Coworker 58 48.74
Others 5 4.20
Reasons for not responding actively I’m not sure it's worth the effort 84 39.25 214 46.32
I didn’t know what to do 51 23.83
I was embarrassed 1 0.47
I feel like I’m going to get retaliated 5 2.34
Because there is no evidence 10 4.67
I'm afraid that relationships will get tough 35 16.36
I didn’t feel bad 1 0.47
Etc. 27 12.62
a

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