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Table 3 Association of 12 months and lifetime violence with socio-demographic variables

From: Physical violence against health staff by mentally ill patients at a psychiatric hospital in Botswana

Variables

LIFETIME VIOLENCE

12 MONTHS VIOLENCE

No (%)

Yes (%)

χ 2

P

No (%)

Yes (%)

χ 2

p

Gender

 Male

22(30.6)

50(69.4)

0.00

0.93

35(48.6)

37(51.4)

2.57

0.11

 Female

32(29.9)

75(70.1)

  

65(60.7)

42(39.3)

  

Age (years)

  < =32

30(31.9)

64(68.1)

0.72

0.40

52(55.3)

42(44.7)

0.01

0.95

  > 32

20(26.0)

57(74.0)

  

43(55.8)

34(44.2)

  

Religion

 Christianity

51(30.5)

116(69.5)

1.19

0.28

94(56.3)

73(43.7)

1.22

0.73

 Others

1(12.5)

7(87.5)

  

4(50.0)

4(50.0)

  

Profession

 Doctors

6(60.0)

4(40.0)

22.7

< 0.01

10(100.0)

26.2

< 0.01

 Nurses

29(20.6)

112(79.4)

  

65(46.1)

76(53.9)

  

 Other clinical

11(68.8)

5(31.2)

  

13(81.2)

3(18.8)

 

 Non clinical

7(63.6)

4(36.4)

  

11(100.0)

 

Marital Status

 Married

18(26.5)

50(73.5)

0.58

0.45

40(58.8)

28(41.2)

0.46

0.50

 Unmarried

35(31.8)

75(68.2)

  

59(53.6)

51(46.4)

  

Years of practice

  < =4

42(47.2)

47(52.8)

29.9

< 0.01

55(61.8)

34(38.2)

2.73

0.10

  > 4

11(12.6)

76(87.4)

  

43(49.4)

44(50.6)