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

Table 5 Risk factors associated with psychological violence among GPs and general nurses in township hospitals in Heilongjiang province (binary logistic regression model results)

Characteristics		Psychological violence (n = 333)
Characteristics		Univariate analysis						logistic regression(initial model)			logistic regression(final model)
		Yes		No		X ²	p	ORs	95% CIs	p	ORs	95% CIs	p
		n	%	n	%
Gender	Male	200	45.25	242	54.75	0.000	0.995	1.00	Reference
Gender	Female	180	45.23	218	54.77			0.809	(0.586,1.116)	0.379
Age	< 35	73	51.41	69	48.59	9.922	0.007	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
	35–45	156	36.97	266	63.03			0.423	(0.280, 0.639)	< 0.001	0.473	(0.283, 0.832)	0.006
	> 45	104	37.68	172	62.32			0.484	(0.313, 0.750)	0.001	0.544	(0.333, 0.956)	0.009
Years of experiences	< 10	49	41.53	69	58.47	1.160	0.560	1.00	Reference
	10–20	147	37.69	243	62.31			0.640	(0.380,1.079)	0.094
	> 20	137	41.27	195	58.73			0.445	(0.024–8.187)	0.498
Education	Postgraduate	4	50.00	4	50.00	14.057	0.003	1.00	Reference
	Undergraduate	135	35.71	243	64.29			0.645	(0.146,2.848)	0.562
	College	158	45.14	192	54.86			1.136	(0.260,4.969)	0.866
	Technical secondary school education and below	28	26.92	76	73.08			0.708	(0.156,3.215)	0.655
Occupation	General Practitioner	156	35.29	286	64.71	7.373	0.007	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Occupation	General nurse	177	44.47	221	55.53			1.787	(1.330, 2.402)	0.001	1.832	(1.520, 2.603)	0.001
Professional title	Senior	102	58.62	72	41.38	33.033	< 0.001	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Professional title	Intermediate/Junior/No title	231	34.68	435	65.32			0.632	(0.541, 0.739)	< 0.001	0.680	(0.571, 0.810)	< 0.001
Work in shifts	Yes	169	43.90	216	56.10	5.374	0.020	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Work in shifts	No	164	36.04	291	63.96			0.613	(0.455,0.826)	0.001	0.675	(0.506,0.901)	0.008

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