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. 2019 Dec 18;76(3):298–302. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2019.09.003

Table 3.

Environmental factors in hospital wards leading to workplace violence.

Physical environmental factors Doctors Nurses EHW Total Male Female
1 Overcrowding 18 34 28 80 32 48
2 More noise level 0 12 24 13 3 10
3 High humidity and temperature 5 6 22 12 6 6
4 Unclean surroundings 0 2 3 5 2 3
5 Poor quality food in cafeteria 1 1 0 2 1 1
6 Lesser illumination 0 1 0 1 0 1
7 Lack of privacy 2 48 3 9 4 5
8 Combination of 2–4 of above factors 79 102 83 232 63 169
9 Combination of more than 4 above factors 13 12 14 39 13 26
10 Didn't mark any of above 2 22 3 27 10 17