Table 3 Coping responses to workplace sexual harassment

Perpetrator (n = 67)

Nursing colleagues

33

49.3

Patients

23

34.3

Nurse managers or supervisors

7

10.4

Patients’ family members

2

3.0

Doctor

1

1.5

Others

1

1.5

Coping responses when harassed (n = 96)

Laughed it off

31

32.3

Expressed their displeasure

15

15.6

Did not express anything

12

12.5

Avoided the situation

9

9.4

Others

29

30.2

Did you report it when harassed?

(n = 101)

Yes

9

8.9

No

92

91.1

Reasons why they did not report when harassed (n = 56)

I did not think that there would be any change even if reported

33

58.9

It is tiresome

17

30.4

I am afraid of retribution

3

5.4

I do not know where to report

2

3.6

Hospital did not have any reporting system

1

1.8