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 |
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N = 148 n (%) |
N = 210 n (%) |
N = 119 n (%) |
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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.