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. 2025 Oct 9;33:163. doi: 10.1186/s13049-025-01472-6

Table 2.

SOAS-RA severity points, mean SOAS total score, and standard deviations, mean VAS scores, standard deviations (n = 302)

SOAS-RA Severity Total Scorea SOAS-RA Points Assignedb VAS Severity Score
SOAS-RA columns: Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
1. Provocation n
 No understandable provocation 112 11.1 (4.5) 1 46.9 (26.9)
 Had to wait 23 9.9 (4.5) 0 42.5 (25.4)
 Was denied something 41 11.2 (5.0) 0 47.6 (26.6)
 Disagreed with the assessment 93 11.45 (5.1) 0 39.4 (22.8)
 Involuntary assessment of health status 67 11.8 (5.1) 2 39.1 (22.2)
 Opposed transport 79 11.9 (5.0) 2 39.7 (21.6)
2. Means Used by Aggressor
 Verbal aggression 195 11.2 (4.8) 0 41.2 (24.7)
 Threat of violence 118 11.3 (4.8) 1 45.8 (26.7)
 Threat of harm 129 11.7 (4.7) 1 47.2 (26.7)
 Threat of killing 55 11.4 (5.2) 1 47.6 (28.3)
 Threat of a sexual nature 16 12.3 (3.7) 1 39.5 (25.0)
 Body-part hand 165 11.8 (4.8) 2 42.2 (25.7)
 Body-part foot 77 13.2 (4.7) 2 52.1 (24.4)
 Body-part head 27 14.9 (4.2) 2 53.3 (9.2)
 Body-part spitting 47 13.3 (4.6) 2 51.8 (24.9)
 Objects/furniture/equipment 59 11.8 (4.9) 1 47.4 (28.3)
 Attempted strangulation 4 16.5 (4.0) 3 52.5 (46.3)
 Used/had a weapon 19 13.1 (4.9) 3 54.3 (33.4)
 Other dangerous objects, including syringe 12 12.1 (4.4) 3 47.1 (22.1)
3. Target of Aggression/Victim
 Nothing/nobody 12 6.6 (4.9) 0 40.9 (27.9)
 The patient themselves/self-harm 47 12.5 (5.0) 3 47.2 (28.3)
 Items/furniture/equipment 81 12.8 (4.6) 1 48.7 (25.1)
 Doctor 41 11.1 (4.6) 3 44.5(22.9)
 Ambulance crew 236 11.1 (4.6) 3 41.7 (24.7)
 Police 84 12.9 (4.8) 3 53.4 (24.5)
4. Consequence(s) for Victim(s)
 None 134 7.4 (3.4) 0 30.0 (21.3)
 Object(s) damaged 32 13.4 (3.9) 3 58.3(24.8)
 Object(s) destroyed 24 13.9 (3.3) 3 63.9 (18.5)
 Psychological/emotional stress 87 13.6 (3.8) 4 53.9 (24.9)
 Felt their own safety threatened 103 13.3 (3.2) 6 54.2 (25.2)
 Physical pain 43 17.1 (2.8) 9 54.8 (24.9)
 Visible injury 22 18.1 (2.2) 9 56.7 (25.4)
 Need for medical treatment/first aid 12 16.7 (2.5) 9 59.6 (21.4)
 Need to be taken off duty 8 17.1 (2.9) 9 33.4 (29.5)
5. Measure(s) to Stop Aggression
 None 10 8.4 (2.7) 0 15.0 (14.6)
 Talked to the person 223 10.5 (4.7) 0 40.0 (24.7)
 Took the person aside 22 11.1 (4.6) 0 45.9 (21.9)
 Withdrew from the situation 120 10.7 (4.1) 0 45.7 (24.8)
 Complied with the person’s request 19 9.6 (4.1) 0 47.7 (26.1)
 Restraint 81 15.3 (4.3) 4 47.7 (24.9)
 Medication 14 12.7 (4.8) 2 72.5 (16.7)
 Took the person to the vehicle by force 43 14.8 (4.2) 4 51.1 (22.2)
 Allowed the patient to leave the ambulance 13 10.3 (4.9) 4 54.1 (30.2)

aMean SOAS-RA total score: This represents the average total score for all incidents in which this category was reported. Even if a category has a low assigned score, the mean total score may be high because these incidents often involve other severe factors (e.g., physical violence or significant consequences for the victim)

bAssigned SOAS-RA points: These are the predefined scores assigned to each variable in the SOAS-RA scale. They represent the fixed weighting of the severity of an incident within each category