Table 3 Simple and multiple logistic regression analysis of factors associated with Workplace Violence among Nurses working in the Referral Hospitals of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. 2015 (n = 386)

Age

18–39

87

259

0.504(0.25,0.99)*

0.324(0.11,0.91)

0.034

40–55

16

24

1

1

Number of staff in the same shift

1–5

74

150

2.26(1.38,3.68)*

2.024(1.12,3.65)

0.020

>5

29

133

1

1

Working in the night shift

Yes

72

173

1.47(0.910,2.39)

1.788(0.99,3.21)

0.053

No

31

110

1

1

Waiting long time to receive care

Yes

54

95

2.18(1.379,3.45)*

1.20(0.61,2.36)

0.57

No

49

188

1

1

Work safety training

Yes

39

98

1.16(0.72,1.89)

1.19(0.63,2.25)

0.57

No

64

185

1

1

sex

Male

61

159

1.13(0.71,1.79)

1.36(0.68,2.72)

0.38

Female

42

124

1

1

Service year

6 m–10 years

87

254

0.62(0.32,1.19)

1.08(0.28,4.06)

0.90

11–55years

16

29

1

1

Educational level

BSc

81

245

0.57(0.32,1.02)

1.11(0.48,2.57)

0.80

Others

22

38

1

1

Working in male ward

Yes

34

82

1.21(0.74,1.96)

7.92(4.01,15.62)

0.001

No

69

201

1

1

History of workplace violence

Yes

13

57

0.57(0.29,1.09)*

0.27(0.12,0.61)

0.002

No

90

226

1

1

Marital status

Single

81

166

3.11(1.72,5.63)*

9.15(3.59,13.32)

0.001

Separated/widowed

6

15

2.55(0.86,7.53)

7.914(2.036,9.763)

0.003

Married

16

102

1

1

Working with

Physical disabled

80

169

2.34(1.39,3.95)*

1.64(0.88,3.06)

0.115

Terminally ill patients

23

144

1

1