TABLE 1.
Demographic and Work Characteristics of Survey Respondents (n = 687): National Convention of the Philippine Nurses Association, Philippines, 2007
| Sample characteristic | No. (%) | |
| Experienced physical assault in past year | 49 (7.1) | |
| Experienced verbal abuse in past year | 234 (34.1) | |
| Age, y | ||
| 20–29 | 80 (11.6) | |
| 30–39 | 231 (33.6) | |
| 40–49 | 143 (20.8) | |
| 50–59 | 212 (30.9) | |
| ≥ 60 | 21 (3.1) | |
| Work setting | ||
| Acute care hospital | 159 (23.1) | |
| Long-term care facility | 70 (10.2) | |
| Doctor's office, public health clinic | 70 (10.2) | |
| Educational setting | 243 (35.4) | |
| Other | 145 (21.1) | |
| Hours worked per week | ||
| ≤ 40 | 246 (35.8) | |
| 41–60 | 375 (54.6) | |
| > 60 | 66 (9.6) | |
| Regular day shift | 429 (62.4) | |
| Lifting devices available | 308 (44.8) | |
| Percent of time spent on direct patient care | ||
| None | 83 (12.1) | |
| < 25 | 124 (18.0) | |
| 25–50 | 174 (25.3) | |
| 51–75 | 198 (28.8) | |
| 76–100 | 108 (15.7) | |
| Self-rated health status, poor/fair (n = 671)a | 49 (8.0) | |
| Work-related injury (≥ 1) in past year (n = 677)a | 255 (37.7) | |
| Work-related illness in past year (n = 680)a | 278 (40.9) | |
| Missed > 2 workdays for work-related injury or illness in past year (n = 679)a | 207 (30.5) | |
Note. The values were calculated from 10 imputed data sets, except for the 4 outcome variables.
a
Slightly smaller sample size due to missing data.