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Table 3 Comparison of different forms of WPV among nurses in different years, n (%)

From: Trajectories of the current situation and characteristics of workplace violence among nurses: a nine-year follow-up study

Year

Quantity

Exposed to WPV

Verbal abuse

Verbal threat

Physical assault

Sexual harassment

T1 (2010)

942

588 (62.4)

570 (60.5)

387 (41.1)

93 (9.9)

39 (4.1)

T2 (2015)

2110

1455 (69.0)

1396 (66.2)

977 (46.3)

211 (10.0)

55 (2.6)

T3 (2019)

2566

1754 (68.4)

1651 (64.3)

1116 (43.5)

335 (13.1)

102 (4.0)

χ 2

 

13.979

28.588

19.423

26.865

16.185

P

 

0.001

<0.001

0.004

<0.001

0.013

Multiple comparison

      

P

T1-T2

 

<0.001

0.012

0.440

0.232

0.025

T1-T3

 

0.001

0.005

0.250

0.048

0.303

T2-T3

 

0.681

0.001

0.020

<0.001

0.010