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

Table 3. Distribution of Workplace violence as per socio-demography and professional details of study participants.

S. no. Variables Groups VA only (VT + IN) ± VA (PI + SV + PD) ± VA ± (VT + IN) p-value
N = 148
n (%)
N = 210
n (%)
N = 119
n (%)
1. Age (years) ≤30 41 (27.7) 47 (22.4) 33 (27.7) 0.848
31–40 58 (39.2) 96 (45.7) 45 (37.8)
41–50 36 (24.3) 45 (21.4) 27 (22.7)
51–60 8 (5.4) 14 (6.7) 10 (8.4)
>60 5 (3.4) 8 (3.8) 4 (3.4)
2. Gender Female 51 (34.5) 48 (22.9) 24 (20.2) 0.015
Male 97 (65.5) 162 (77.1) 95 (79.8)
3. Marital status Unmarried 31 (21.0) 45 (21.4) 31 (26.0) 0.555
Ever married 117 (79.0) 165 (78.6) 88 (74.0)
4. Highest qualification MBBS 29 (19.6) 38 (18.1) 34 (28.6) 0.247
Specialization (MD/MS/DNB/Diploma) 100 (67.6) 143 (68.1) 69 (58.0)
Super specialization (DM/MCH/FNB) 19 (12.8) 29 (13.8) 16 (13.4)
6. Years of experience <5 years 51 (34.5) 55 (26.2) 34 (28.6) 0.505
5–10 years 46 (31.1) 82 (39.0) 38 (31.9)
11–15 years 16 (10.8) 26 (12.4) 14 (11.8)
16–20 years 18 (12.2) 19 (9.1) 15 (12.6)
>20 17 (11.5) 28 (13.3) 18 (15.1)
7. Area of practice Village 6 (4.1) 18 (8.6) 12 (10.1) 0.184
Town/city 101 (68.2) 135 (64.3) 83 (69.8)
Metropolitan city 41 (27.7) 57 (27.1) 24 (20.1)
8. Type of health facility working Government Health Facility 52 (35.1) 86 (41.0) 51 (42.9) 0.886
Own private clinic 8 (5.4) 13 (6.2) 7 (5.9)
Non-government / private hospitals 49 (33.1) 61 (29.0) 35 (29.4)
Multiple 39 (26.4) 50 (23.8) 26 (21.9)

VA: Verbal Abuse, VT: Verbal Threat, IN: Intimidation, PI: Physical Injury, SV: Sexual Violence, PD: Property Damage.