Table 3.
Verbal violence | Corporeal assault | ||||||||
Class I | Class II | Class III | Class IV | Class V | |||||
Words | χ2 | Words | χ2 | Words | χ2 | Words | χ2 | Words | χ2 |
Wait< | 47 | Insult< | 48 | Colleague+ | 12 | Launch< | 57 | Follow< | 24 |
Ask< | 30 | Staff | 11 | Ward | 11 | Object+ | 45 | Therap+ | 20 |
Visit | 25 | Motiv< | 10 | Verbal< | 11 | Kick+ | 22 | Nois+ | 19 |
Time | 24 | Recei< | 9 | Patient+ | 11 | Hit< | 16 | Attempt< | 15 |
Behaviour+ | 24 | Phon+ | 9 | Relative+ | 9 | Person< | 16 | Violen< | 15 |
Illustrative variables: emergency room, nurse | Illustrative variables: emergency room, professional team's back-office activity | Illustrative variables: ward, medical doctor, midwife | Illustrative variables: psychiatric ward, administrative staff | Illustrative variables: psychiatric ward, nurse |
HCW, healthcare worker.