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. 2014 Jul 10;9(7):e100153. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100153

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