Relationship of being subjected to violence with various personal and institutional variables
| Variable | Categories | Answers (n (%)) | Total | OR | 95% CI | p | |
| No | Yes | ||||||
| Gender | Female | 54 (34.6) | 222 (39.9) | 276 (38.7) | 0.265 | ||
| Male | 102 (65.4) | 335 (60.1) | 437 (61.3) | ||||
| Age (years) | <30 | 38 (24.4) | 214 (38.4) | 252 (35.3) | 5.63 | 3.9 to 7.95 | 0.008 |
| 30–39 | 98 (62.8) | 296 (53.1) | 394 (55.3) | 3.02 | 2.4 to 3.8 | ||
| 40–49 | 18 (11.5) | 44 (7.9) | 62 (8.7) | 1.0 | Reference | ||
| >50 | 2 (1.3) | 3 (0.5) | 5 (0.7) | – | |||
| Total | 156 (100) | 557 | |||||
| How many years have you been working at the ED? | <1 | 20 (13.1) | 75 (13.6) | 95 (13.3) | 3.75 | 2.29 to 6.14 | <0.001 |
| 1–4 | 50 (32.7) | 263 (4.78) | 313 (43.9) | 5.26 | 3.89 to 7.12 | ||
| 5–9 | 40 (26.1) | 134 (24.4) | 174 (24.4) | 3.35 | 2.35 to 4.77 | ||
| 10–19 | 42 (27.5) | 76 (13.8) | 118 (16.6) | 1.0 | Reference | ||
| >20 | 1 (0.7) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.4) | – | |||
| Unresponsive | 10 (1.4) | ||||||
| Current position | GP | 24 (15.4) | 125 (22.7) | 149 (20.9%) | 5.21 | 3.37 to 8.06 | <0. 001 |
| EM resident | 47 (30.1) | 194 (35.2) | 241 (33.8%) | 4.13 | 3.00 to 5.68 | ||
| Resident (other than EM) | 6 (3.8) | 40 (7.3) | 46 (6.5%) | 6.67 | 2.83 to 17.72 | ||
| EM specialist | 38 (24.4) | 138 (25.0) | 176 (24.7%) | 3.63 | 2.54 to 5.20 | ||
| Specialist (other than EM) | 6 (3.8) | 15 (2.7) | 21 (2.9%) | 2.17 | 0.82 to 5.70 | ||
| Academic staff | 35 (22.4) | 39 (7.1) | 74 (10.4%) | 1.0 | Reference | ||
| Unresponsive | 6 (0.8%) | ||||||
| Region | Marmara (Northwest) | 33 (21.2) | 136 (24.7) | 169 (23.7) | 4.12 | 2.82 to 6.02 | 0.082 |
| Aegean (West) | 28 (17.9) | 110 (20.0) | 138 (19.4) | 3.93 | 2.60 to 5.94 | ||
| Central Anatolia | 40 (25.6) | 103 (18.7) | 143 (20) | 2.58 | 1.79 to 3.71 | ||
| East Anatolia | 7 (4.5) | 54 (9.8) | 61 (8.6) | 7.71 | 3.51 to 16.95 | ||
| Southeastern Anatolia | 12 (7.7) | 54 (9.8) | 66 (9.3) | 4.50 | 2.40 to 8.41 | ||
| Mediterranean (South) | 18 (11.5) | 42 (7.6) | 60 (8.4) | 2.33 | 1.34 to 4.05 | ||
| Black Sea (North) | 18 (11.5) | 51 (9.3) | 69 (9.7) | 1.0 | Reference | ||
| Unresponsive | 7 (1) | ||||||
| Type of hospital | State hospital | 27 (18.2) | 176 (32.7) | 203 (28.5) | 6.52 | 4.35 to 9.78 | <0. 001 |
| Training and research hospital | 42 (28.4) | 184 (34.1) | 226 (31.7) | 4.38 | 3.13 to 6.13 | ||
| University hospital (state) | 62 (41.9) | 155 (28.8) | 217 (30.4) | 2.5 | 1.86 to 3.35 | ||
| Private hospital | 17 (11.4) | 24 (4.4) | 41 (5.8) | 1.0 | Reference | ||
| Unresponsive | 26 (3.6) | ||||||
| Work schedule* | Daytime worker plus night shifts | 55 (35.3) | 219 (39.3) | 274 (38.4%) | 3.98 | 2.96 to 5.35 | <0. 001 |
| Shift workers | 75 (48.1) | 309 (55.5) | 384 (53.9%) | 4.12 | 3.20 to 5.32 | ||
| Daytime worker | 26 (16.7) | 29 (5.2) | 55 (7.7%) | 1.0 | Reference | ||
| What is the average number of patients that apply to your ED in a day? | <100 | 12 (7.7) | 26 (4.7) | 38 (7.7) | 1.0 | Reference | 0. 018 |
| 100–200 | 38 (24.4) | 78 (14.0) | 116 (24.4) | 2.17 | 1.09 to 4.27 | ||
| 200–300 | 32 (20.5) | 101 (18.1) | 133 (20.5) | 2.05 | 1.39 to 3.02 | ||
| 300–400 | 15 (9.6) | 64 (11.5) | 79 (9.6) | 3.16 | 2.12 to 4.70 | ||
| 400–500 | 13 (8.3) | 58 (10.4) | 71 (8.3) | 4.27 | 2.43 to 7.47 | ||
| 500–1000 | 46 (29.5) | 230 (41.3) | 276 (21.2) | 4.46 | 2.45 to 8.14 | ||
| >1000 | 13 (8.3) | 80 (14.4) | 93 (13.0) | 4.55 | 3.12 to 6.63 | ||
| What is the waiting period of patients in your ED? | Patients are directly admitted (without triage) | 76 (48.7) | 277 (49.7) | 353 (49.5) | 0.358 | ||
| In accordance with the triage duration | 72 (46.2) | 234 (42.0) | 306 (42.9) | ||||
| Might wait for a period exceeding the triage duration | 8 (5.1) | 46 (8.3) | 54 (7.6) | ||||
| Type of patients treated at your ED | Only adult patients | 56 (35.9) | 160 (28.7) | 216 (30.3) | 0.232 | ||
| Paediatric and adult patients | 93 (59.6) | 371 (66.6) | 464 (65.1) | ||||
| Only paediatric patients | 7 (4.5) | 26 (4.7) | 33 (4.6) | ||||
| Have any of your previous complaints against an incident of violence gone to court? | Yes | 44 (28.2) | 268 (48.1) | 312 (43.8) | <0.001 | ||
| No | 112 (71.8) | 289 (51.9) | 401 (56.2) | 2.36 | 1.61 to 3.47 | ||
*(1) Shift worker, physicians working rotating shift schedules; (2) daytime worker, physicians working only during regular work hours (08:00–17:00 in Turkey); and (3) daytime worker plus night shifts, physicians have some night shifts after regular work hours on the same day without any rest.
ED, emergency department; EM, emergency medicine; GP, general practitioner.