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Table 2 Association between exposure to WPV and demographic variables

From: Workplace violence toward resident doctors in public hospitals of Syria: prevalence, psychological impact, and prevention strategies: a cross-sectional study

 

Verbal violence

Physical violence

n (%)

p value

n (%)

p value

Age

    

 24–26

396 (88.2)

0.019

83 (18.94)

0.917

 27–29

462 (83.09)

 

108 (19.42)

 

 30–35

97 (79.51)

 

24 (19.67)

 

Sex

    

 Female

369 (38.48)

0.347

48 (10.86)

< 0.0001

 Male

586 (85.55)

 

167 (24.38)

 

Specialty

    

 Anesthesiology

11 (50)

< 0.0001

3 (13.64)

< 0.0001

 Dermatology

67 (82.72)

 

7 (8.64)

 

 ENT

47 (79.66)

 

11 (18.64)

 

 Emergency medicine

24 (96)

 

9 (36)

 

 Family medicine

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

 

 Internal medicine

317 (86.85)

 

90 (24.66)

 

 Obstetrics

94 (93.07)

 

18 (17.82)

 

 Oncology

7 (43.75)

 

1 (6.25)

 

 Ophthalmology

40 (63.49)

 

2 (3.17)

 

 Pathology

2 (18.18)

 

1 (9.09)

 

 Pediatrics

117 (97.5)

 

20 (16.67)

 

 Psychiatry

2(100)

 

0 (0)

 

 Radiology

15 (75)

 

0 (0)

 

 Surgery

212 (89.08)

 

53(22.27)

 

Year of residency

    

 Second

314(87.22)

0.049

76(21.11)

0.321

 Third

296 (83.85)

 

68 (19.26)

 

 Fourth

193 (80.75)

 

35 (14.64)

 

 Fifth

122 (90.37)

 

73 (20)

 

 Sixth

24 (75)

 

6 (18.75)

 

 Seventh

6 (75)

 

3 (37.5)

 

Related authority

    

 Ministry of Higher Education

434 (83.3)

0.457

77 (14.72)

 < 0.001

 Ministry of Defense

119 (85.61)

 

25 (17.99)

 

 Ministry of Health

402 (86.08)

 

113 (24.3)

 

Residency province

    

 Al-Sweda

20 (86.96)

0.009

2 (8.7)

 < 0.001

 Aleppo

164 (87.23)

 

53 (28.19)

 

 Damascus

405 (88.04)

 

71 (15.43)

 

 Hama

28 (77.78)

 

8 (22.22)

 

 Al-Hasakah

26 (78.79)

 

12 (36.36)

 

 Homs

89 (82.41)

 

22 (20.37)

 

 Latakia

194 (82.2)

 

37(15.68)

 

 Tartous

29 (67.44)

 

10 (23.26)

 

Marital status

    

 Married

313 (80.26)

0.002

72 (18.46)

0.702

 Not married

642 (87.11)

 

143 (19.4)

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