Table 3 Nursing staff demographics and self-reported perpetrated psychological abuse, physical abuse and neglect
From: Elder abuse in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study
| Â | Psychological, % (n) | Physical, % (n) | Neglect, % (n) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staff characteristics | No Abuse | Abuse | p-value* | No Abuse | Abuse | p-value* | No Neglect | Neglect | p-value* |
Gender | |||||||||
âMale | 57.4 (163) | 42.6 (121) | 0.437 | 84.9 (248) | 15.1 (44) | 0.001 | 59.4 (171) | 40.6 (117) | 0.026 |
âFemale | 59.8 (1868) | 40.2 (1258) | 90.8 (2880) | 9.2 (291) | 52.5 (1657) | 47.5 (1498) | |||
Age | |||||||||
â16â30âyears | 58.7 (550) | 41.3 (387) | 0.791 | 90.6 (858) | 9.4 (89) | 0.706 | 55.0 (518) | 45.0 (424) | 0.244 |
â31â49âyears | 58.9 (695) | 41.1 (486) | 89.8 (1080) | 10.2 (123) | 51.5 (615) | 48.5 (579) | |||
â50â75âyears | 60.0 (671) | 40.0 (447) | 90.7 (1026) | 9.3 (105) | 52.1 (583) | 47.9 (536) | |||
Education | |||||||||
âPrimary school | 72.6 (130) | 27.4 (49) | 0.001 | 96.1 (174) | 3.9 (7) | 0.003 | 68.4 (121) | 31.6 (56) | 0.000 |
âHigh School | 59.8 (1142) | 40.2 (769) | 91.0 (1762) | 9.0 (174) | 54.0 (1039) | 46.0 (886) | |||
âUniversity <â4âyears | 57.3 (603) | 42.7 (450) | 88.1 (946) | 11.9 (128) | 48.9 (519) | 51.1 (543) | |||
âUniversity â„4âyears | 54.9 (129) | 45.1 (106) | 89.6 (215) | 10.4 (25) | 50.8 (123) | 49.2 (119) | |||