Table 1.

Frequency distributions of the characteristics of the workers exposed to physical and psychological violence.

Characteristics		Physical				Psychological
		N a	%	χ2	p	N b	%	χ2	p
Gender	Males	92	13.4%	19.842	<0.01	500	73.5%	6.015	0.014
	Female	78	7.1%			741	68.0%
Age	≤25	19	8.7%	4.168	0.244	167	77.0%	21.07	<0.01
	26–35	75	8.9%			609	72.4%
	36–45	57	11.7%			326	68.5%
	>45	19	7.8%			139	59.1%
Years of experience	≤5	39	8.0%	10.906	0.028	344	71.1%	31.05	<0.01
	6–10	46	9.7%			342	72.8%
	11–15	34	13.5%			188	96.4%
	16–20	22	12.8%			131	76.2%
	>20	29	7.1%			236	59.4%
Profession	Physicians	104	10.8%	4.669	0.198	701	73.6%	41.24	<0.01
	Nurses	46	7.8%			417	71.4%
	Medical Technicians	6	7.1%			49	58.3%
	Others	14	8.9%			74	49.7%
Department	Medical	54	7.8%	11.924	0.018	486	70.8%	6.469	0.167
	Surgical	72	10.4%			511	74.4%
	Medical Technicians	4	7.3%			35	63.6%
	Emergency	10	22.2%			37	82.2%
	Other	10	9.8%			74	72.5%
Work in shifts	Yes	140	11.1%	12.905	<0.01	952	75.9%	67.11	<0.01
	No	30	5.6%			289	56.2%
Anxiety level	Extremely high	120	17.5%	83.508	<0.01	521	76.4%	80.17	<0.01
	High	13	5.0%			194	76.4%
	Moderate	26	4.8%			379	70.6%
	Low	6	3.4%			95	53.7%
	Zero	5	4.1%			52	43.7%

Notes: N ^a = 170 (people exposed to physical violence); N ^b = 1241 (people exposed to psychological violence).