Table 1.

General information and univariate analysis of PED staff’s workplace violence scores

Variables	n	%	Median Score	U/X2	P value
Gender				20,777	0.055
Female	193	45.5	13
Male	241	55.5	14
Age group				0.431	0.806
20–29	233	53.7	13
30–39	155	35.7	13
40 and over	46	10.6	13
Educational status				8.437	0.077
High school	32	7.4	15
Associate degree	32	7.4	13
Bachelor’s degree	329	75.8	13
Master’s degree	32	7.4	13
PhD degree	9	2.1	18
Profession				8880.50	0.075
Nurse	379	87.3	13
Physician	55	12.7	14
Working years				0.084	0.919
1–5 years	227	52.3	13
6–10 years	128	29.5	13
11–15 years	49	11.3	13
16–20 years	15	3.5	13
21 years or more	15	3.5	13
Time interval during which the violence occurred				0.223	0.89
08:00–17:00	150	34.6	14
17:00–24:00	224	51.6	13
24:00–08:00	60	13.8	13
Reporting after violence				18,050	< 0.001
I did not report it	258	59.4	13
I reported it	176	40.6	14
Receiving support after violence				5617.50	0.005
I did not receive any support	395	91.0	13
I received support	39	9.0	16
Finding the methods to prevent violence adequate				3590.5	0.025
Inadequate	410	94.5	13
Adequate	24	5.5	16

U: Mann Whitney U, X²: Kruskal-Wallis H