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Table 6 Frequency (and percentage) of any professional group reporting any type of violence in the Health Center Complex.

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

Type of violence

Nurses

Administrative

GP

Clinical auxiliaries

Cleaning personnel

Other medical specialty

Other with university degree

Security

Diagnostic paramedics

Other

Verbal

35 (67)

37 (71)

22 (44)

5 (24)

3 (20)

2 (25)

5 (71)

1 (20)

1 (33)

0

Bullying / Mobbing

12 (23)

18 (35)

15 (31)

2 (9)

0

1 (11)

1 (14)

1 (20)

2 (67)

0

Against property

8 (15)

7 (14)

12 (24)

0

0

2 (25)

1 (14)

0

0

0

Discrimination

3 (6)

3 (6)

2 (4)

0

0

0

1 (14)

0

0

0

Physical

4 (8)

0

2 (4)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sexual

0

1 (2)

1 (2)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Any type

36 (74)

35 (70)

29 (58)

6 (29)

4 (29)

3 (33)

3 (60)

2 (40)

1 (33)

0