Table 4 Circumstances of incidents of workplace violence at EDs, ASUH, Cairo, Egypt
From: Workplace violence at emergency departments, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
Circumstances of incidents | Verbal | Physical | Sexual | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Perpetrator | Patient companions | 74 | 80 | 32 | 86.5 | 38 | 73.1 |
Patients | 30 | 32 | 4 | 10.8 | 9 | 17.3 | |
Othersa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.7 | 5 | 9.6 | |
Perpetrator gender | Male | 55 | 59.1 | 19 | 51.4 | 25 | 48.1 |
Female | 14 | 15.1 | 5 | 13.5 | 7 | 13.5 | |
No difference | 24 | 25.8 | 13 | 35.1 | 20 | 38.5 | |
Time of exposure to violence | Day shifts | 32 | 34.4 | 11 | 29.7 | 12 | 23.1 |
Night shifts | 42 | 45.2 | 13 | 35.1 | 22 | 42.3 | |
No difference | 19 | 20.4 | 13 | 35.1 | 18 | 34.6 | |
Total | 93 | 100 | 37 | 100 | 52 | 100 | |