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Table 3 Frequency of five types of violence among general practitioners

From: Prevalence and associated factors for workplace violence among general practitioners in China: a national cross-sectional study

Type of violence

Once n (%)

Two or three times n (%)

More than three times n (%)

Total n (%)

Physical assault

121 (2.77)

60 (1.37)

20 (0.46)

201 (4.59)

Verbal abuse

153 (3.50)

199 (4.55)

236 (5.39)

588 (13.44)

Threat

191 (4.36)

122 (2.79)

91 (2.08)

404 (9.23)

Verbal sexual harassment

93 (2.13)

55 (1.26)

57 (1.30)

205 (4.68)

Physical sexual assault

56 (1.28)

25 (0.57)

19 (0.43)

100 (2.29)