Table 3.

Stress responses of healthcare workers on facing workplace violence

	Not at all	A little bit	Moderately	Quite a bit	Extremely
(a) Repeated, disturbing memories, thoughts or images of the abuse?	55	64	20	11	8
(b) Avoiding thinking about or talking about the abuse or avoiding having feelings related to it?	48	60	26	17	7
(c) Being “super-alert” or watchful and on guard?	16	26	37	40	42
(d) Feeling like everything you did was an effort?	31	33	26	47	21