Table 3.

Distribution of study participants exposed to workplace violence, Bangladesh, 2020.

Variables	Number	Percentage
Perpetrators
Patient	136	29.10
Relatives of the patient	342	73.10
Staff member	27	5.80
Supervisor or management	44	9.40
General Public	54	11.50
Injuries caused by violence
Yes	67	14.30
No	401	85.70
After being a victim, take time off from work
Yes	105	22.40
No	363	77.60
Action was taken to investigate the incident
Yes	81	17.30
No	306	65.40
Don’t know	81	17.30
Consequences for the perpetrator
None	206	44.00
Verbal warning	79	16.90
Care discontinued	16	3.40
Reported to police	16	3.40
Aggressor prosecuted	9	1.90
Do not know	142	30.30
Victims respond to the incident
Yes	128	27.40
No	340	72.60
Incident was preventable
Yes	282	60.30
No	186	39.70
Supports from employer
Yes	94	20.10
No	374	79.90
Satisfaction with the way the situation was handled
Yes	95	20.30
No	373	79.70
Reason for not reporting or talking about the incident
It was not important	68	14.50
Felt ashamed	50	10.70
Felt guilty	22	4.70
Afraid of negative consequence	88	18.80
Fear of being fire from job	58	12.40
Did not know who to report	77	16.50
Others	105	22.40
Worried about violence in the current workplace
Not worried at all	265	24.5
A little	300	27.8
Worried	244	22.6
Very worried	272	25.2
Procedures for the reporting of violence in the workplace
Yes	422	39.0
No	265	24.5
Don’t know	394	36.4
Participated in any violence prevention training program
Yes	251	23.2
No	830	76.8
Existing WPV prevention and control policies in the workplace
Yes	118	10.9
No	382	35.3
Don’t know	581	53.7