Table 4. Negative events reported to have been perpetrated by staff (NES-S) and by service users (NES-P).
Negative events perpetrated by service users (NES-P) | |||
Characteristic | Crisis House N = 108 n yes (%) | Acute Ward N = 247 n yes (%) | P-value |
Theft of personal belongings | 4 (4%) | 79 (32%) | <0.0001 |
Offered Illicit substances or alcohol | 7 (7%) | 30 (12%) | 0.12 |
Verbal threats | 6 (6%) | 65 (26%) | <0.0001 |
Verbally abused | 11 (10%) | 70 (28%) | <0.0001 |
Physically assaulted | 1 (1%) | 30 (12%) | <0.0001 |
Sexually harassed | 1 (1%) | 21 (9%) | 0.007 |
Sexual assaulted | 0 (0%) | 5 (2%) | 0.33 |
Victim of religious, racial or homophobic discrimination | 6 (6%) | 33 (13%) | 0.03 |
Forced to do something | 4 (4%) | 21 (8%) | 0.11 |
Dismissed or ignored | 24 (23%) | 52 (21%) | 0.71 |
Witnessed disturbed behaviour | 37 (35%) | 182 (74%) | <0.0001 |
Other | 3 (3%) | 8 (3%) | 0.84 |