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Table 2 The extent of exposure to all types of violence during the past 6 months

From: Workplace violence in a tertiary care Israeli hospital - a systematic analysis of the types of violence, the perpetrators and hospital departments

Type of violence

By patient

By companion

Verbal violence

304 (43.1%)

331 (47%)

Explicit threat

136 (19.3%)

176 (25%)

Passive aggressive

336 (47.7%)

378 (53.6%)

Equipment destruction

67 (9.5%)

65 (9.2%)

Mild violence

42 (6%)

54 (7.7%)

Severe violence

23 (3.3%)

17 (2.4%)

Sharp object

11 (1.6%)

6 (0.9%)

Sexual harassment

47 (6.7%)

34 (4.8%)