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. 2019 Dec 23;19:520. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2675-y

Table 2.

Physical and verbal violence among the respondents (N = 8378)

The number of women who declared that they have experienced a particular behavior (n) The percentage of women who declared that they experienced a particular behavior (%)
Verbal violence
 Inappropriate comments 2048 24.4
 Nonchalant treatment 1697 20.3
 Not answering questions/ignoring 1433 17.1
 Raising your voice, shouting, disrespectful expressions 1307 15.6
 Mocking 843 10.1
 Insulting 565 6.8
 Blackmailing with child’s health / woman’s health 411 4.9
Physical violence
 The staff would force their legs apart when pushing 233 2,8
 The staff tied their legs to the delivery bed 66 0.8
 The staff poked her 38 0.5