Variables | Exposed to violence N = 427 n (%) | Not exposed to violence N = 415 n (%) | Significance |
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Age in years (Mean ± SD) | 35.44 ± 9.2 | 35.52 ± 10.0 | 0.910 |
Work Experience in years (Mean ± SD) | 9.85 ± 8.88 | 9.85 ± 8.67 | 0.868 |
No of co-workers (Mean ± SD) | 7.14 ± 7.22 | 4.90 ± 4.68 | < 0.001 |
Gender | |||
 Male | 296 (69.32) | 278 (66.99) | 0.468 |
 Female | 131 (30.68) | 137 (33.01) | |
Level of healthcare facility | |||
 Primary | 37 (8.7) | 38 (9.2) | 0.802 |
 Tertiary | 390 (91.3) | 377 (90.8) | |
Type of Health facility | Â | Â | |
 Public | 396 (92.7) | 298 (71.8) | < 0.001 |
 Private | 31 (7.3) | 117 (28.2) | |
Marital status | |||
 Single | 116 (27.2) | 123 (29.6) | 0.426 |
 Married | 311 (72.8) | 292 (70.4) | |
Job category | |||
 Physicians | 104 (24.4) | 68 (16.4) | < 0.001 |
 Nurse | 84 (19.7) | 109 (26.3) | |
 Paramedics | 89 (20.8) | 126 (30.4) | |
 Support Staff | 150 (35.1) | 112 (27.0) | |
How worried are you regarding violence in your work settings | |||
 Not worried | 106 (24.8) | 226 (54.5) | < 0.001 |
 Somewhat worried | 57 (13.4) | 92 (22.2) | |
 Little worried | 83 (19.4) | 74 (17.8) | |
 Worried | 105 (24.6) | 11 (2.7) | |
 Extremely worried | 76 (17.8) | 12 (2.9) | |
Distress status | |||
 Normal | 206 (48.2) | 214 (51.6) | 0.621 |
 Somewhat distress | 200 (46.8) | 181 (43.6) | |
 Severe distress | 21 (5.0) | 20 (4.8) |