Table 3.

Participants’ response to workplace violence at psychiatric hospitals in Saudi Arabia (N = 310)

Response after exposure to a WPV incident	n (%)*
No response	89 (28.7)
Talking to family and friends	73 (23.5)
Request to be transferred to another department	93 (30)
Pretending nothing happened	50 (16.1)
Getting professional help	98 (31.6)
Getting help from the police	21 (6.8)
Warning the patient	79 (25.5)
Talking with colleagues	126 (40.6)
Reporting incident to the manager	168 (54.2)
Reacting with violence	46 (14.8)
Getting legal help	26 (8.4)

WPV = workplace violence.

^*Participants had the option of choosing more than one item.