Experiences of frontline nursing staff on workplace safety and occupational health hazards in two psychiatric hospitals in Ghana

Table 2 Responses on awareness of occupational health and safety in APH and PPH (n = 296)

Variables	Statistic
Variables	Freq.	%^a
Awareness of OHH
Yes	258	87
No	35	12
Missing data^b	3	1
Predominant source of information on OHH
Seminars/workshop	90	30
Friends	13	4
Media	35	12
School lectures	74	25
Co-workers	17	6
Other	17	6
Missing data^b	50	17
Predominant occupational hazards experienced
Biological Health Hazards	52	20
Physical Health Hazards	137	53
Psychosocial Health Hazards	44	17
Missing data^b	26	10
Episodes of exposure to occupational hazards
One – four episodes a day	65	22
Five episodes a day	14	5
More than five episodes a day	36	12
More than ten episodes a day	27	9
Cannot remember	104	35
Missing data^b	50	17

Source: Field Data (2010)
Legend: APH Accra Psychiatric Hospital, PPH Pantang Psychiatric Hospital, OHH Occupational Health Hazard, n sample size
^aAll percentages have been rounded up to the nearest decimal point
^bNumber of respondents who did not answer those questions

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