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Table 3 Frequency (and percentage) of any professional group reporting any type of violence in the hospital.

From: Patterns of perceptions of workplace violence in the Portuguese health care sector

Type of violence

Hospital administrator/director

Nurse

Administrative personnel

Doctor

Clinical auxiliaries

Diagnostic paramedics

Other with university degree

Other auxiliaries

Other

Verbal*

1 (20)

29 (41)

3 (12)

13 (42)

13 (19)

6 (24)

1 (17)

2 (14)

6 (27)

Bullying / Mobbing*

1 (20)

17 (25)

1 (5)

7 (23)

7 ((11)

2 (9)

2 (33)

0

6 (29)

Discrimination**

0

9 (13)

1 (4)

1 (3)

5 (8)

1 (4)

0

1 (7)

3 (15)

Physical**

0

5 (7)

0

0

1 (2)

0

0

0

1 (4)

Sexual harassment**

0

5 (7)

0

0

1 (2)

0

0

1 (7)

0

Any type*

2 (40)

38 (54)

5 (20)

16 (52)

19 (28)

8 (32)

2 (33)

3 (21)

9 (39)

  1. * Likelihood ratio p < 0.05; ** likelihood ratio p > 0.05