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Descriptive statistics for those residents who experienced verbal harassment, verbal threats and sexual harassment in the emergency department from patients and visitors.
| Report | Frequency | Percent | |
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| Verbal harassment | From patient (n=119) | 115 | 96.6 |
| From visitor (n=119) | 103 | 86.6 | |
| Verbal threats | From patient (n=119) | 93 | 78.2 |
| From visitor (n=118) | 66 | 55.9 | |
| Sexual harassment | From patient (n=119) | 62 | 52.1 |
| From visitor (n=119) | 26 | 21.8 | |
