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Table 3 Response to institutional characteristics among nurses working in government hospitals, eastern Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 603)

From: Workplace violence and its associated factors among nurses working in public hospitals of eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Category

n

%

Institution policy

Yes

234

38.8

No/don't know

369

61.2

Specific policy on

 

Health & safety

204

33.8

Physical violence

151

25.0

Verbal abuse

141

23.4

Sexual harassment

120

19.9

Bullying/mobbing

84

13.9

Measures exist

Yes

434

72.0

No/ don't know

169

28.0