Research Article
Violence against Emergency Nurses in Kermanshah-Iran: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the nurses according to the type of violence.
| | Variables | Total | Physical violence | Verbal violence | | n (%) | n (%) | | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| | Sex | Male | 62 (41.3) | 37 (39.8) | 25 (43.9) | 59 (41.5) | 3 (37.5) | | Female | 88 (58.7) | 56 (60.2) | 32 (56.1) | 83 (58.5) | 5 (62.5) |
| | Age (year) | ≤30 | 106 (70.7) | 63 (67.7) | 43 (75.4) | 99 (69.7) | 7 (87.5) | | >30 | 44 (27.3) | 30 (32.3) | 14 (24.6) | 43 (30.3) | 1 (12.5) |
| | Marital status | Single | 80 (53.3) | 53 (57.0) | 27 (47.4) | 78 (54.9) | 2 (25.0) | | Married | 70 (46.7) | 40 (43.0) | 30 (52.6) | 64 (45.1) | 6 (75.0) |
| | Employment type | Formal | 34 (22.7) | 21 (22.6) | 13 (22.8) | 33 (23.2) | 1 (12.5) | | Contractual | 116 (77.3) | 72 (77.4) | 44 (77.2) | 109 (76.8) | 7 (87.5) |
| | Job experience (Year) | 1–5 | 109 (72.7) | 69 (74.2) | 40 (70.2) | 106 (74.6) | 3 (37.5) | | 6–10 | 31 (20.7) | 17 (18.3) | 14 (24.6) | 26 (18.3) | 5 (62.5) | | ≥11 | 10 (6.7) | 7 (7.5) | 3 (5.3) | 10 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| | Concerns about workplace violence | Low | 9 (6.0) | 6 (6.5) | 3 (5.3) | 9 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | | Medium | 17 (11.3) | 9 (9.7) | 8 (14.0) | 15 (10.6) | 2 (25.0) | | High | 124 (82.7) | 78 (83.9) | 46 (80.7) | 118 (83.1) | 6 (75.0) |
| | Existence of violence reporting guidelines | Yes | 26 (17.3) | 17 (18.3) | 9 (15.8) | 24 (16.9) | 2 (25.0) | | No | 124 (82.7) | 76 (81.7) | 48 (84.2) | 118 (83.1) | 6 (75.0) |
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“Age, gender, work experience, marital status, job experience, concerns about workplace violence, and type of employment.”
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