Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of complaints (dating from 2017 to 2019).

Descriptive statistics	N (%) (total n = 230)
Data source
Medical indemnity company	161 (70%)
HSE community healthcare organizations	69 (30%)
Complainant
Patient	131 (57%)
Parent	34 (15%)
Child of patient	21 (9%)
Other family members	23 (10%)
Other	11 (5%)
No information	10 (4%)
Gender of staff member(s) complained against
Female	52 (23%)
Male	101 (44%)
Female and male staff	11 (5%)
No information	66 (28%)