Table 1 The distribution of five types of WPV by demographic and occupational characteristics
From: Workplace violence against hospital healthcare workers in China: a national WeChat-based survey
Demographic variables | n = 3684 N (%) | PA | EA | T | VSH | SA |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 556(15.1) | 134(24.1) | 308(55.4) | 212(38.1) | 114(20.5) | 72(12.9) |
 Female | 3128(84.9) | 452(14.5) | 1481(47.3) | 783(25.0) | 453(14.5) | 225(7.2) |
P value |  | < 0.01 | 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
Age group (yr) | ||||||
 < 30 | 1780(48.3) | 284(15.9) | 864(48.5) | 399(22.4) | 256(14.4) | 139(7.8) |
 30–39 | 1306(35.5) | 203(15.5) | 645(49.4) | 396(30.3) | 215(16.5) | 108(8.3) |
 ≥ 40 | 598(16.2) | 99(16.5) | 280(46.8) | 200(33.4) | 126(21.1) | 50(8.4) |
P value |  | 0.85 | 0.58 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.86 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married | 2423(65.8) | 365(15.1) | 1150(47.5) | 714(29.5) | 395(16.3) | 186(7.7) |
 Unmarried | 1261(34.2) | 221(17.5) | 639(50.7) | 281(22.3) | 202(16.0) | 111(8.8) |
P value |  | 0.58 | 0.07 | < 0.01 | 0.83 | 0.25 |
Education level | ||||||
 Master’s degree or above | 437(11.9) | 47(10.8) | 185(42.3) | 115(26.3) | 68(15.6) | 21(4.8) |
 Bachelor’s degree | 2461(66.8) | 434(17.6) | 1235(50.2) | 692(28.1) | 416(16.9) | 214(8.7) |
 Associate’s degree or below | 786(21.3) | 105(13.4) | 369(46.9) | 188(23.9) | 113(14.4) | 62(7.9) |
P value |  | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.02 |
Occupational variables | n = 3684 N (%) | PA | EA | T | VSH | SA |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Level of hospital | ||||||
 Tertiary hospital | 2541(69.0) | 387(15.2) | 1208(47.5) | 683(26.9) | 407(16.0) | 190(7.5) |
 Secondary hospital | 987(26.8) | 190(19.3) | 535(54.2) | 295(29.9) | 174(17.3) | 99(10.0) |
 Primary/community hospital | 156(4.2) | 9(5.8) | 46(29.5) | 17(10.9) | 16(10.3) | 8(5.2) |
P value |  | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
Work department | ||||||
 Mental health | 444(12.1) | 216(48.6) | 284(63.9) | 196(44.1) | 134(30.2) | 92(20.7) |
 Intensive Care Unit | 236(6.4) | 69(29.2) | 104(44.1) | 58(24.6) | 25(10.6) | 18(7.6) |
 Emergency and Outpatient | 308(8.4) | 56(18.1) | 197(63.9) | 127(41.2) | 71(23.1) | 31(10.1) |
 Paediatric | 165(4.5) | 15(9.1) | 90(54.5) | 52(31.5) | 27(16.4) | 4(2.4) |
 Gynaecology and Obstetrics | 217(5.9) | 18(8.3) | 91(41.9) | 47(21.7) | 27(12.4) | 9(4.1) |
 Internal Medicine | 969(26.3) | 95(9.8) | 488(50.4) | 246(25.4) | 128(13.2) | 69(7.1) |
 Surgical Department | 743(20.2) | 79(10.6) | 372(50.1) | 177(23.8) | 120(16.2) | 49(6.6) |
 Operating Room | 134(3.6) | 6(4.5) | 22(16.4) | 17(12.7) | 14(10.4) | 3(2.2) |
 Diagnosis and Subsidiary | 326(8.8) | 20(6.1) | 104(31.9) | 55(16.9) | 41(12.6) | 18(5.5) |
 General | 142(3.9) | 12(8.4) | 40(28.1) | 20(14.1) | 10(7.0) | 4(2.8) |
P value |  | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
Profession | ||||||
 Nurse | 2750(74.6) | 437(15.8) | 1324(48.1) | 711(25.9) | 419(15.2) | 224(8.1) |
 Physician | 934(25.4) | 149(15.9) | 465(49.8) | 284(30.4) | 178(19.1) | 73(7.8) |
P value |  | 0.96 | 0.41 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.78 |
Professional title | ||||||
 Senior | 394(10.7) | 71(18.0) | 205(52.0) | 146(37.1) | 104(26.4) | 38(9.6) |
 Intermediate | 1021(27.7) | 158(15.5) | 492(48.2) | 318(31.1) | 166(16.3) | 76(7.4) |
 Primary | 2269(61.6) | 357(15.7) | 1092(48.1) | 531(23.4) | 327(14.4) | 183(8.1) |
P value |  | 0.47 | 0.35 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.39 |
Work schedule | ||||||
 Shift | 2700(73.3) | 478(17.7) | 1416(52.4) | 751(27.8) | 459(17.0) | 250(9.3) |
 Non-shift | 984(26.7) | 108(10.9) | 373(37.9) | 244(24.8) | 138(14.0) | 47(4.8) |
P value |  | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.03 | < 0.01 |
Weekly working hours | ||||||
 > 50h | 532(14.4) | 94(17.7) | 313(58.8) | 169(31.8) | 115(21.6) | 43(8.1) |
 40-50h | 2140(58.1) | 315(14.7) | 1028(48.0) | 554(25.9) | 315(14.7) | 167(7.8) |
 < 40h | 1012(27.5) | 177(17.5) | 448(44.4) | 272(26.9) | 167(16.5) | 87(8.6) |
 P value |  | 0.07 | < 0.01 | 0.02 | < 0.01 | 0.75 |
Years of experience | ||||||
 < 5 | 1383(37.5) | 223(16.1) | 659(47.7) | 296(21.4) | 203(14.7) | 112(8.1) |
 6–10 | 1054(28.6) | 149(14.1) | 525(49.8) | 290(27.5) | 152(14.4) | 84(7.9) |
 11–20 | 766(20.8) | 136(17.7) | 390(50.9) | 258(33.7) | 150(19.6) | 68(8.9) |
 > 20 | 482(13.1) | 78(16.2) | 215(44.6) | 151(31.3) | 92(19.1) | 33(6.8) |
P value |  | 0.21 | 0.12 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.65 |