Table 3.
Episodes of violence, by work sector and clinical area.
| Variable | No (n = 632 *) |
Yes (n = 2460 *) |
X2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Sector | ||||
| Public | 436 (18%) | 1973 (82%) | 41.3 | <0.01 |
| Private | 146 (31%) | 323 (69%) | ||
| Not for Profit | 39 (21%) | 151 (79%) | ||
| Clinical Area | ||||
| Midwifery | 87 (42%) | 121 (58%) | 268.5 | <0.01 |
| Medical/Surgical | 129 (18%) | 561 (82%) | ||
| Emergency Department | 18 (6%) | 264 (94%) | ||
| ICU, HDU or CCU | 28 (15%) | 159 (85%) | ||
| Aged care | 89 (21%) | 335 (79%) | ||
| Drug and Alcohol | 3 (6%) | 44 (94%) | ||
| Mental health | 33 (6%) | 481 (94%) | ||
| Community health | 52 (41%) | 74 (59%) | ||
| Family/Child Health | 47 (44%) | 60 (56%) | ||
| Perioperative | 59 (36%) | 106 (64%) | ||
| Rehabilitation/disability | 18 (20%) | 73 (80%) | ||
| Region | ||||
| Major city | 295 (21%) | 1081 (79%) | 8.9 | 0.06 |
| Inner Regional | 135 (18%) | 599 (82%) | ||
| Outer Regional | 137 (18%) | 605 (82%) | ||
| Remote | 26 (19%) | 111 (81%) | ||
| Very Remote | 7 (41%) | 10 (59%) |
Note: * multiple responses per variable allowed; ICU (Intensive Care Unit); HDU (High Dependency Unit); CCU (Cardiac Care Unit).