The Impact of Resilience on Workplace Violence Experienced by Mental Health Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 1

Distribution of nurses according to their demographic characteristics and their relationships with exposure to workplace violence.

Characteristics	Exposure to workplace violence				Total (N = 361)
	No (N = 107)		Yes (N = 254)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age (years)
20–30	55	28.1	141	71.9	196	71.9
31–40	36	30.8	81	69.2	117	69.2
>40	16	33.3	32	66.7	48	66.7
Mean ± SD	31.07 ± 8.55		29.99 ± 7.82		30.31 ± 8.05
Gender
Male	88	31.9	188	68.1	276	76.5
Female	19	22.4	66	77.6	85	23.5
Marital status
Married	79	27.6	207	72.4	286	79.2
Not married	28	37.3	47	62.7	75	20.8
Nationality
Saudi	68	26.4	190	73.6	258	71.5
Non-Saudi	39	37.9	64	62.1	103	28.5
Educational qualifications
Secondary school of nursing	34	28.6	85	71.4	119	33.0
Technical institute of nursing	8	23.5	26	76.5	34	9.4
Bachelor’s degree of nursing	54	28.7	134	71.3	188	52.1
Postgraduate studies	11	55.0	9	45.0	20	5.5
Years of experience
<5	43	28.5	108	71.5	151	41.8
5	8	16.7	40	83.3	48	13.3
10	14	21.2	52	78.8	66	18.3
≥15	42	43.8	54	56.3	96	26.6
Mean ± SD	10.99 ± 8.45		9.54 ± 7.57		9.97 ± 7.85
Work rotation type
Regular shift	80	34.9	149	65.1	229	63.4
Rotating shift	27	20.5	105	79.5	132	36.6
Work shift
Morning	49	25.5	143	74.5	169	46.8
Nonmorning (evening/night)	58	34.3	111	65.7	192	53.2