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. 2022 Jun 2;10:877843. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.877843

Table 3.

Results of multilevel logistic regression models: worker characteristics, measures and cross-level interactions (n = 754).

Variable Model 1.1
psychological PVV
Model 1.2
physical PVV
Model 2.1
psychological PVV
Model 2.2
physical PVV
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Level-1
Gender Male 0.86 (0.42~1.77) 3.07 (0.94~9.99) 0.97 (0.49~1.92) 3.30 (0.97~11.26)
Female 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Age 35~45 1.21 (0.74~1.98) 1.68 (0.56~5.04) 1.17 (0.73~1.87) 2.03 (0.69~6.01)
46~ 1.30 (0.38~4.51) 4.37 (0.41~46.15) 1.27 (0.4~4.06) 4.34 (0.40~47.62)
Under 35 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Profession Doctor 0.48 (0.23~0.99)a 5.34 (1.59~17.90)b 0.31 (0.03~2.86) 1.49 (0.35~6.32)
Other HWs 0.63 (0.12~3.37) 15.64 (0.87~282.37)
Nurse 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Experience
in health
sector
under 1 year 0.38 (0.07~1.92) 2.28 (0.13~39.06) 0.47 (0.1~2.3) 1.74 (0.10~30.94)
1–5 year 1.92 (0.67~5.49) 2.62 (0.29~23.64) 1.73 (0.62~4.83) 2.27 (0.24~21.61)
6–10 year 1.78 (0.68~4.61) 1.11 (0.15~8.49) 1.48 (0.58~3.8) 0.74 (0.09~6.37)
11–15 year 2.09 (0.8~5.49) 0.40 (0.04~4.08) 1.91 (0.74~4.96) 0.27 (0.03~2.76)
16–20 year 2.02 (0.7~5.81) 1.99 (0.7~5.7)
Over 20 years 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Department OED 1.34 (0.73~2.44) 2.25 (0.56~9.11) 1.39 (0.81 ~2.39) 2.73 (0.67~11.15)
General surgery 2.31 (1.22~4.4)a 4.25 (0.93~19.33) 2.69 (1.48 ~4.89)b 2.71 (0.48~15.15)
Intensive care 1.09 (0.49~2.45) 22.94 (2.9~181.23)b 1.16 (0.52 ~2.62) 30.21 (3.69~247.22)b
Specialized unit 1.95 (1.01~3.76)a 9.34 (1.89~46.21)b 2.67 (1.50 ~4.78)b 15.68 (3.63~67.75)b
Support services 0.18 (0.03~0.93)a 0.16 (0.03 ~0.86)a
General medicine 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Patients/
clients
most frequently work with
Newborns 0.62 (0.19~2.08) 2.22 (0.44~11.15)
Non-newborns 1.0 1.0
Infants 7.21 (2.24~23.19)b 3.02 (0.58~15.7)
Non-infants 1.0 1.0
Children 2.52 (1.34~4.75)b 1.19 (0.32~4.47)
Non- children 1.0 1.0
Adolescents 1.44 (0.77~2.67) 2.06 (0.5~8.49)
Non-adolescents 1.0 1.0
Adults 1.69 (1.11~2.57)a 1.55 (0.53~4.54)
Non-adults 1.0 1.0
Elderly 1.66 (1.03~2.67)a 1.10 (0.3~4.06)
Non-elderly 1.0 1.0
Level-2
Measure (n) Without measure (1) 3.05 (0.67~13.9)
With measure (1) 1.0
Without measure (13) 4.95 (2.16~11.37) b
With measure (13) 1.0
Cross-Level Interactions
Measure (n)
*Profession
Doctor*NO 1.31 (0.13~12.73) 11.26 (1.09~116.39)a
Other HWs*NO 0.01 (0~0.45) a
Nurse*Yes 1.0 1.0

Column heading shows dependent variable.

a, bdenotes significance at the 5 percent and 1 percent level, respectively.

Measure (1), Security measures; Measure (13), Investment in human resource development.

PVV, patient and visitor violence.