TABLE 2.
Weighted Percentages of Nursing Assistants Reporting Injuries From Assaults and Human Bites in the Past 12 Months: National Nursing Assistant Survey, 2004
| Characteristics of Nursing Home Facilities | Weighted Percentage of Total | Incidence of Assault Injuries, % (95% CI) | Incidence of Human Bites, % (95% CI) |
| Alzheimer disease wards* | |||
| Yes | 39.1 | 37.4 (33.3, 41.4) | 13.3 (10.8, 15.9) |
| No | 60.9 | 32.8 (28.6, 37.0) | 10.3 (8.9, 11.6) |
| Hospice wards | |||
| Yes | 5.7 | 38.2 (28.2, 48.3) | 9.1 (2.5, 15.7) |
| No | 94.3 | 34.4 (33.2, 35.5) | 11.6 (10.9, 12.3) |
| Rehabilitation wards | |||
| Yes | 12.5 | 36.1 (24.8, 47.3) | 10.5 (6.9, 14.2) |
| No | 87.5 | 34.4 (33.4, 35.3) | 11.6 (10.9, 12.4) |
| Ownership | |||
| For profit | 58.6 | 35.4 (34.5, 36.4) | 10.7 (9.2, 12.1) |
| Not for profit | 41.4 | 33.3 (30.4, 36.3) | 12.6 (10.8, 14.4) |
| Waiting list | |||
| Yes | 38.2 | 35.3 (33.1, 37.5) | 12.0 (10.4, 13.6) |
| No | 61.8 | 34.1 (32.0, 36.2) | 11.1 (10.4, 11.9) |
| Any lifting device* | |||
| Yes | 35.1 | 35.2 (32.9, 37.6) | 13.5 (11.8, 15.1) |
| No | 64.9 | 34.2 (32.6, 35.8) | 10.4 (9.5, 11.3) |
| Assigns NAs to same residents | |||
| Yes | 70.9 | 34.5 (33.1, 36.0) | 11.9 (11.0, 12.8) |
| No | 29.1 | 34.6 (32.1, 37.2) | 10.5 (9.0, 12.0) |
| Facility size | |||
| ≥ 100 beds | 67.1 | 34.3 (32.5, 36.1) | 11.6 (10.7, 12.5) |
| <100 beds | 32.9 | 35.1 (33.4, 36.7) | 11.2 (9.9, 12.4) |
| Total | 100.0 | 34.6 (32.8, 36.4) | 11.5 (10.1, 12.9) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; NA = nursing assistant. The sample size was n = 2888.
*P < .05, by the χ2 test comparing proportions of human bite.