Table 3

Security precautions against violence in emergency departments (EDs) and their effect on violence

Have you been subjected to violence in the past year?				No		Yes		p Value
Question		n	%	N	%	n	%
Are the precautions against violence at your ED?	Yes	670	94	147	94.2	523	93.9	0.737
Are the precautions against violence at your ED?	No	43	6	9	5.8	34	6.1	0.737
Are there security guards at your ED?	Yes	654	92	144	92.9	510	91.7	0.739
Are there security guards at your ED?	No	57	8	11	7.1	46	8.3	0.739
Is there a police checkpoint at your ED?	Yes	455	63.8	99	63.5	356	64.1	0.925
Is there a police checkpoint at your ED?	No	256	36.2	57	36.5	199	35.9	0.925
Are there metal detectors?	Yes	15	2.1	4	2.6	11	2.0	0.751
Are there metal detectors?	No	698	97.9	152	97.4	546	98.0	0.751
Are there security cameras?	Yes	497	69.7	103	66	394	70.7	0.279
Are there security cameras?	No	216	30.3	53	34	163	29.3	0.279
Are there any precautions that prevent entry into the ED?	Yes	61	8.6	9	28.2	52	48.1	0.219
Are there any precautions that prevent entry into the ED?	No	652	91.4	147	71.8	505	51.9	0.219