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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: The association between fear of future workplace violence and depressive symptoms among nurses based on different experiences of workplace violence: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total

(n = 1888)

No aggression

(n = 251)

Non-physical violence (n = 1353)

Physical violence

(n = 284)

χ2

P

Age, (%)

    

18.711

0.010a

 ≤ 30

619(32.8)

102(40.6)

407(30.1)

110(38.7)

  

 31–50

1197(63.4)

136(54.2)

896(66.2)

165(58.1)

  

 > 50

72(3.8)

13(5.2)

50(3.7)

9(3.2)

  

Sex, (%)

    

35.330

 < 0.001a

 Male

116(6.1)

20(8.0)

58(4.3)

38(13.4)

  

  Female

1772(93.9)

231(92.0)

1295(95.7)

246(86.6)

  

Marital status, (%)

    

17.295

 < 0.001a

 Single

376(19.9)

71(28.3)

239(17.7)

66(23.2)

  

 Married

1512(80.1)

180(71.7)

1114(82.3)

218(76.8)

  

Living condition, (%)

    

17.983

 < 0.001a

  Living alone

241(12.8)

45(17.9)

145(10.7)

51(18.0)

  

  Not living alone

1647(87.2)

206(82.1)

1208(89.3)

233(82.0)

  

Educational level, (%)

    

8.727

0.068a

  Junior college or less

138(7.3)

28(11.2)

93(6.9)

17(6.0)

  

 Bachelor

1659(87.9)

216(86.1)

1191(88.0)

252(88.7)

  

 Master or above

91(4.8)

7(2.8)

69(5.1)

15(5.3)

  

Monthly income(CNY), (%)

    

10.900

0.028a

  < 5000

332(17.6)

61(24.3)

218(16.1)

53(18.7)

  

 5000–8000

850(45.0)

107(42.6)

612(45.2)

131(46.1)

  

 ≥ 8001

706(37.4)

83(33.1)

523(38.7)

100(35.2)

  

Number of children, (%)

    

15.435

0.004a

 0

466(24.7)

82(32.7)

303(22.4)

81(28.5)

  

 1

902(47.8)

103(41.0)

673(49.7)

126(44.4)

  

 ≥ 2

520(27.5)

66(26.3)

377(27.9)

77(27.1)

  

Department

    

41.908

 < 0.001a

 Internal medicine

535(28.3)

64(25.5)

392(29.0)

79(27.8)

  

 Surgery

738(39.1)

87(34.7)

545(40.3)

106(37.3)

  

 Obstetrics and gynecology

94(5.0)

11(4.4)

69(5.1)

14(4.9)

  

 Pediatrics

136(7.2)

12(4.8)

104(7.7)

20(7.0)

  

 Emergency

164(8.7)

23(9.2)

101(7.5)

40(14.1)

  

 Other

221(11.7)

54(21.5)

142(10.5)

25(8.8)

  

Professional title, (%)

    

11.083

0.026a

 Primary

894(47.4)

141(56.2)

612(45.2)

141(49.6)

  

 Intermediate

914(48.4)

100(39.8)

683(50.5)

131(46.1)

  

 Senior

80(4.2)

10(4.0)

58(4.3)

12(4.2)

  

Employment type, (%)

    

12.495

0.002a

 Formal employee

409(21.7)

33(13.1)

313(23.1)

63(22.2)

  

 Contract employee

1479(78.3)

218(86.9)

1040(76.9)

221(77.8)

  

Number of vacation days, (%)

    

19.991

0.003a

   0

208(11.0)

21(8.4)

144(10.6)

43(15.1)

  

  1–14

1122(59.4)

142(56.6)

816(60.3)

164(57.7)

  

 15–30

291(15.4)

36(14.3)

205(15.2)

50(17.6)

  

 > 30

267(14.1)

52(20.7)

188(13.9)

27(9.5)

  

Work hours per week, (%)

    

26.131

 < 0.001a

  ≤ 40

166(8.8)

30(12.0)

120(8.9)

16(5.6)

  

 41–50

1283(68.0)

162(64.5)

927(68.5)

194(68.3)

  

  51–60

262(13.9)

31(12.4)

201(14.9)

30(10.6)

  

  > 60

177(9.4)

28(11.2)

105(7.8)

44(15.5)

  

FFWV level, (%)

    

53.069

 < 0.001a

   Low

138(7.3)

43(17.1)

83(6.1)

12(4.2)

  

 Medium

375(19.9)

57(22.7)

247(18.3)

71(25.0)

  

  High

1375(72.8)

151(60.2)

1023(75.6)

201(70.8)

  

Scores of depressive symptoms, (mean ± SD)

9.19 ± 5.40

6.51 ± 4.49

9.20 ± 5.30

11.52 ± 5.56

116.329

 < 0.001b

Depressive symptoms, (%)

    

83.550

 < 0.001a

 Yes

866(45.9)

61(24.3)

624(46.1)

181(63.7)

  

 No

1022(54.1)

190(75.7)

729(53.9)

103(26.3)

  
  1. Abbreviations: WPV Workplace Violence, FFWV Fear of future workplace violence, CNY Chinese Yuan, 1USD≈6.96 CNY ( 2020.08 exchange rate), SD Standard deviations. aP-values are derived from χ2 tests, bP-values were derived from Kruskal–Wallis test