Table 6.
Occupational characteristics of the primary health care workers by violence status in Family and Community Centers, PSMMC, Riyadh (2014)
| HCWs occupational characteristic | No violence | Violence | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Working multiple shifts | |||||
| No | 120 | 61.2 | 76 | 38.8 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 27 | 36.5 | 47 | 63.5 | |
| Shift time worked | |||||
| Morning shift | 119 | 62.0 | 73 | 38.0 | <0.001 |
| Evening or night shift | 28 | 35.9 | 50 | 64.1 | |
| Number of coworkers in the same working place | |||||
| 1–5 | 46 | 50.0 | 46 | 50.0 | 0.559 |
| 6–10 | 44 | 55.0 | 36 | 45.0 | |
| >10 | 56 | 57.7 | 41 | 42.3 | |
| Sex of served patient | |||||
| Male | 11 | 55.0 | 9 | 45.0 | 0.978 |
| Female | 25 | 55.6 | 20 | 44.4 | |
| Both | 110 | 53.9 | 94 | 46.1 | |
| Presence of encouragement to report violence | |||||
| No/do not know | 99 | 49.3 | 102 | 50.7 | 0.006 |
| Yes | 46 | 68.7 | 21 | 31.3 | |
| Availability of a violence reporting system | |||||
| No/do not know | 59 | 53.6 | 51 | 46.4 | 0.696 |
| Yes | 88 | 56.1 | 69 | 43.9 | |
| In case of system, awareness about how to use | |||||
| No/do not know | 26 | 55.3 | 21 | 44.7 | 0.904 |
| Yes | 62 | 56.4 | 48 | 43.6 | |
| In case of system, the system is effective | |||||
| No/do not know | 25 | 54.3 | 21 | 45.7 | 0.807 |
| Yes | 61 | 56.5 | 47 | 43.5 | |
Abbreviations: HCW, health care worker; PSMMC, Prince Sultan Medical Military City.