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Table 3 Characteristics of exposures to physical and non-physical violence in the last 12 months (n = 240)

From: Workplace violence against physicians and nurses in Palestinian public hospitals: a cross-sectional study

	Physical violence				Non-physical violence*
	N	%	χ ²	P-value	N	%	χ ²	P-value
Gender
Male	27	27.6	4.532	0.033	52	53.1	2.926	0.087
Female	23	16.2			91	64.1
Age
≤30 years	21	23.6	0.654	0.419	59	66.3	2.644	0.104
>30 years	29	19.2			84	55.6
Profession
Physician	19	23.2	0.413	0.521	51	62.2	0.353	0.553
Nurse	31	19.6			92	58.2
Education
< Bachelor's degree	18	31.6	5.234	0.022	40	70.2	3.483	0.062
≥ Bachelor's degree	32	17.5			103	56.3
Experience
≤10 years	42	27.1	10.410	0.001	115	74.2	38.793	P < 0.001
> 10 years	8	9.4			28	32.9
Work in shifts
Yes	37	22.6	0.937	0.333	96	58.5	0.236	0.627
No	13	17.1			47	61.8
Department
Inpatient	30	18.6	1.435	0.231	95	59.0	0.068	0.795
Outpatient	20	25.3			48	60.8

* Nonphysical violence includes threats, verbal abuse and sexual harassment.
χ ² : Pearson Chi-Square Test.

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