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Table 3 Severity of SOAS-RE and VAS score by time of incident

From: Characteristics of aggressive incidents in emergency primary health care described by the Staff Observation Aggression Scale – Revised Emergency (SOAS-RE)

 

SOAS-RE

VAS

Mean

SD

p-value

Mean

SD

p-value

Day of week

 Monday - Friday

9.6

4.1

 

43.1

25.6

 

 Saturday - Sunday/public holidays

9.9

4.5

0.469

47.3

26.6

0.196

Shift

 Day

8.9

4.5

 

44.4

28.5

 

 Evening

9.5

4.1

 

44.6

24.5

 

 Night

10.3

4.1

0.058

44.7

24.7

0.997

Season

 Spring

10.1

4.5

 

47.3

26.7

 

 Summer

10.6

4.2

 

42.8

23.2

 

 Fall

9.7

4.0

 

47.1

27.2

 

 Winter

8.8

4.0

0.033

42.1

26.0

0.448