Skip to main content

Table 2 Prevalence of psychological violence

From: Psychological violence against general practitioners and nurses in Chinese township hospitals: incidence and implications

Violence type

During career

During past 36 months

During past 12 months

GPs (442)

Nurses (398)

GPs (436)

Nurses (383)

GPs (442)

Nurses (398)

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Verbal abuse

171

38.69

215

54.02

132

30.28

168

43.86

124

28.05

161

40.45

Yi Nao

102

23.08

116

29.15

75

17.20

77

20.10

66

14.93

77

19.35

Threat

90

20.36

110

27.64

73

16.74

88

22.98

61

13.80

78

19.60

Verbal sexual harassment

68

15.38

104

26.13

48

11.01

75

19.58

45

10.18

57

14.32

Sex harassment

38

8.60

62

15.58

32

7.34

44

11.49

27

6.11

37

9.30

Any type of violence

198

44.80

229

57.54

164

37.61

207

54.04

153

34.62

180

45.23