TABLE 2.
Bivariate Associations of Reported Workplace Aggression With Self-Rated Health and Work Characteristics Among Survey Respondents (n = 687): National Convention of the Philippine Nurses Association, Philippines, 2007
| Physical Assault |
Verbal Abuse |
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| Health Outcome/Work Characteristic | Targets, No. (%) | Nontargets, No. (%) | P a | Targets, No. (%) | Nontargets, No. (%) | Pa |
| Self-rated health (n = 671)b | .82 | .03 | ||||
| Excellent/very good/good | 45 (91.8) | 577 (92.8) | 208 (89.7) | 414 (94.3) | ||
| Fair/poor | 4 (8.2) | 45 (7.2) | 24 (10.3) | 25 (5.7) | ||
| Work-related injury in past year (n = 677)b | < .01 | < .01 | ||||
| None | 20 (40.8) | 402 (64.0) | 106 (45.7) | 316 (71.0) | ||
| ≥ 1 | 29 (59.2) | 226 (36.0) | 126 (54.3) | 129 (29.0) | ||
| Work-related illness in past year (n = 680)b | < .01 | < .01 | ||||
| No | 19 (38.8) | 383 (60.7) | 97 (41.8) | 305 (68.1) | ||
| Yes | 30 (61.2) | 248 (39.3) | 135 (58.2) | 143 (31.9) | ||
| Missed workdays for work-related injury or illness in past year (n = 679)b | < .01 | < .01 | ||||
| ≤ 2 | 19 (38.8) | 453 (71.9) | 125 (53.9) | 347 (77.6) | ||
| > 2 | 30 (61.2) | 177 (28.1) | 107 (46.1) | 100 (22.4) | ||
| Work setting | .18 | .04 | ||||
| Acute care hospital | 17 (34.7) | 142 (22.3) | 70 (29.9) | 89 (19.6) | ||
| Long-term care facility | 7 (14.3) | 63 (9.9) | 19 (8.1) | 51 (11.3) | ||
| Doctor's office, public health clinic | 3 (6.1) | 67 (10.5) | 22 (9.4) | 48 (10.6) | ||
| Educational setting | 15 (30.6) | 228 (35.7) | 81 (34.6) | 162 (35.8) | ||
| Other | 7 (14.3) | 138 (21.6) | 42 (17.9) | 103 (22.7) | ||
| Hours worked per week | .07 | .01 | ||||
| ≤ 40 | 13 (26.5) | 233 (36.5) | 70 (29.9) | 176 (38.9) | ||
| 41–60 | 27 (55.1) | 348 (54.5) | 135 (57.7) | 240 (53.0) | ||
| > 60 | 9 (18.4) | 57 (8.9) | 29 (12.4) | 37 (8.2) | ||
| Shift | .77 | .62 | ||||
| Regular daytime | 30 (61.2) | 399 (62.5) | 143 (61.1) | 285 (62.9) | ||
| Other than regular daytime | 19 (38.8) | 239 (37.5) | 91 (38.9) | 168 (37.1) | ||
| Lifting devices | .47 | .02 | ||||
| Available | 19 (38.8) | 289 (45.3) | 89 (38.0) | 219 (48.3) | ||
| Not available | 30 (61.2) | 349 (54.7) | 145 (62.0) | 234 (51.7) | ||
| % time spent on direct patient care | .05 | .36 | ||||
| None | 3 (6.1) | 80 (12.5) | 20 (8.5) | 62 (13.7) | ||
| < 25 | 5 (10.2) | 119 (18.7) | 43 (18.4) | 82 (18.1) | ||
| 25–50 | 14 (28.6) | 160 (25.1) | 67 (28.6) | 107 (23.6) | ||
| 51–75 | 17 (34.7) | 181 (28.4) | 66 (28.2) | 131 (28.9) | ||
| 76–100 | 10 (20.4) | 98 (15.4) | 38 (16.2) | 71 (15.7) | ||
| Verbal abuse | < .01 | … | ||||
| Not experienced | 5 (10.2) | 448 (70.2) | … | … | ||
| Experienced | 44 (89.8) | 190 (29.8) | … | … | ||
Note. Ellipses indicate information not applicable.
a
The P value associated with χ2 test for association between workplace aggression and health measures or work characteristics. Calculated from 10 imputed data sets, except for the 4 outcome variables.
b
Slightly smaller sample size due to missing data.