Violence against Emergency Nurses in Kermanshah-Iran: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Table 2

Characteristics of violent incidents in emergency department nurses.

Variables		Physical violence	Verbal violence
		n (%)	n (%)
Exposure to violence over the past year	Yes	93 (62.0)	142 (94.7)
	No	57 (38.0)	8 (5.3)
Source of violence	Patient	4 (4.3)	17 (12.0)
	Patient’s family	40 (43.0)	101 (71.1)
	Staff member	22 (23.7)	6 (4.2)
	Supervisor/head nurse/manager	14 (15.1)	17 (7.2)
	Other	13 (13.9)	2 (5.5)
Perpetrator gender	Male	83 (89.2)	125 (88.0)
	Female	10 (10.8)	17 (12.0)
Place of violence	Patient room	19 (20.4)	48 (33.8)
	Waiting room	4 (4.3)	4 (2.8)
	Treatment room	4 (4.3)	33 (23.2)
	Nursing station	46 (49.5)	57 (40.2)
	Other	20 (21.5)	—
Violence in the work shift	Morning	17 (18.3)	45 (31.7)
	Evening	23 (24.7)	47 (33.1)
	Night	53 (57.0)	50 (35.2)