Nurses and midwives (n = 718) | Physicians and other academic staff (n = 293) | Medical-therapeutic and medical-technical staff (n = 221) | Administrative and other service staff (n = 325) | Total hospital employees (N = 1567)a) | Working population of German-speaking Switzerland (N = 8281)b) | |
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% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n)c) | |
Forms of violence | ||||||
• Verbal abuse | 9.3 (67) | 6.8 (20) | 3.6 (8) | 4.6 (15) | 7.1 (111) | 4.7 (345) |
• Threats and humiliation | 6.1 (44) | 5.1 (15) | 4.5 (10) | 4.0 (13) | 5.2 (82) | 4.1 (306) |
• Physical violence | 1.7 (12) | 0.3 (1) | 0.5 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 0.9 (14) | 1.1 (75) |
• Intimidation or mobbing | 11.3 (81) | 8.2 (24) | 9.5 (21) | 8.9 (29) | 9.9 (155) | 6.5 (473) |
• Sexual harassment | 1.5 (11) | 0.7 (2) | 0.0 (0) | 0.6 (2) | 1.0 (15) | 0.8 (48) |
Forms of discrimination | ||||||
• Due to age | 4.5 (32) | 4.4 (13) | 4.1 (9) | 6.2 (20) | 4.7 (74) | 5.7 (466) |
• Due to gender | 2.9 (21) | 8.2 (24) | 4.5 (10) | 2.5 (8) | 4.1 (64) | 3.9 (313) |
• Due to nationality, ethnicity or skin color | 2.2 (16) | 4.1 (12) | 1.8 (4) | 2.5 (8) | 2.6 (41) | 3.4 (233) |
• Due to disability | 0.3 (2) | 0.0 (0) | 0.9 (2) | 0.6 (2) | 0.4 (6) | 0.8 (60) |
Total number of experienced forms of violence and/or discrimination | ||||||
• 0 (none) | 75.6 (543) | 76.8 (225) | 78.7 (174) | 80.9 (263) | 77.3 (1212) | 81.7 (6870) |
• 1 (one) | 14.3 (103) | 13.0 (38) | 14.9 (33) | 10.5 (34) | 13.5 (211) | 10.6 (823) |
• 2+ (accumulated) | 10.0 (72) | 10.2 (30) | 6.3 (14) | 8.6 (28) | 9.2 (144) | 7.7 (566) |