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. 2020 Sep 18;15(9):e0239193. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239193

Table 2. Distribution of study participants as per the type of WPV faced and it’s reporting, in different periods.

Sl. no. Last one week before filling the form
n (%)
One week to One month before filling the form
n (%)
One month to One year before filling the form
n (%)
More than one year before filling the form
n (%)
Workplace violence faced (N = 477)
1. Did not face any type of workplace violence 360 (75.5) 286 (60.0) 101 (21.2) 0 (0.0)
2. Faced any type of workplace Violence 117 (24.5) 191 (40.0) 376 (78.8) 477 (100.0)
Workplace violence reported
Did not report Report Did not report Report Did not report Report Did not report Report
1. Verbal abuse (VA) 20 (35.1) 30 (50.0) 38 (44.2) 44 (41.9) 65 (42.2) 87 (39.2) 72 (32.6) 79 (30.9)
2. Verbal threat (VT) 10 (17.5) 10 (16.7) 19 (22.1) 31 (29.5) 42 (27.3) 66 (29.7) 59 (26.7) 53 (20.7)
3. Intimidation (IN) 13 (22.8) 08 (13.3) 17 (19.8) 13 (12.4) 26 (16.9) 25 (11.3) 34 (15.4) 29 (11.3)
4. Minor physical injury (PI) 05 (8.8) 01 (1.7) 01 (1.2) 01 (1.0) 11 (7.1) 18 (8.1) 24 (10.9) 35 (13.7)
5. Major physical injury (PI) 0 (0.0) 05 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 06 (5.7) 0 (0.0) 09 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 23 (9.0)
6. Sexual violence (SV) 06 (10.5) 0 (0.0) 04 (4.7) 0 (0.0) 02 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 14 (6.3) 02 (0.8)
7. Damage to physical property (PD) 03 (5.2) 06 (10.0) 07 (8.1) 10 (9.5) 08 (5.2) 17 (7.7) 18 (8.1) 35 (13.7)
Total 57 (100.0) 60 (100.0) 86 (100.0) 105 (100.0) 154 (100.0) 222 (100.0) 221 (100.0) 256 (100.0)