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

Table 3 The extent of exposure to all types of violence during the past 6 months, frequencies

Type of violence	By whom	1–2 times	3–5 times	6 times or more
Verbal violence	Patient	204 (29%)	59 (8%)	41 (6%)
Verbal violence	Companion	209 (30%)	83 (12%)	40 (6%)
Explicit threat	Patient	96 (14%)	32 (4%)	8 (1%)
Explicit threat	Companion	121 (17%)	44 (6%)	11 (2%)
Passive aggressive	Patient	208 (30%)	74 (10%)	53 (7%)
Passive aggressive	Companion	218 (31%)	100 (14%)	61 (9%)
Equipment destruction	Patient	54 (8%)	11 (2%)	2 (0.3%)
Equipment destruction	Companion	56 (8%)	7 (1%)	2 (0.3%)
Mild violence	Patient	37 (5%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)
Mild violence	Companion	51 (7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)
Severe violence	Patient	21 (3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)
Severe violence	Companion	18 (3%)	0	0
Sharp object	Patient	9 (1%)	2 (1%)	0
Sharp object	Companion	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0
Sexual harassment	Patient	35 (4.8%)	8 (1%)	3 (0.4%)
Sexual harassment	Companion	27 (3.8%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)

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