Extent and risk factors of psychological violence towards physicians and Standardised Residency Training physicians: a Northern China experience

Table 4 Descriptive statistics associated with psychological violence of the participants

	Physicians (N = 884)						SRTPs (N = 537)
	Yes (73.0%)		No (27.0%)		χ²	p	Yes (24.8%)		No (75.2%)		χ²	p
	N	%	N	%	χ²	p	N	%	N	%	χ²	p
Gender
Male	393	75.3	129	24.7	3.489	0.062	56	29.2	136	70.8	3.104	0.078
Female	252	69.6	110	30.4			77	22.3	268	77.7
Age
< 25	27	77.1	8	22.9	3.009	0.390	99	23.7	319	76.3	1.393	0.498^a
25–29	147	70.3	62	29.7			33	28.9	81	71.1
30–34	184	76.7	56	23.3			1	20.0	4	80.0
≥ 35	287	71.8	113	28.2			–	–	–	–
Marital status
Married	500	73.9	177	26.1	1.165	0.280	0	0	19	100.0	6.484	0.011^b
Unmarried (divorced, widowed, or other)	145	70.0	62	30.0			133	25.7	385	74.3
Years of work experience
1	–	–	–	–			35	32.4	73	67.6	5.877	0.053
2	–	–	–	–			80	24.3	249	75.7
3	–	–	–	–			18	18.0	82	82.0
4–10	242	73.1	89	26.9	1.340	0.720	–	–	–	–
11–20	248	74.0	87	26.0			–	–	–	–
21–30	110	72.8	41	27.2			–	–	–	–
> 30	45	67.2	22	32.8			–	–	–	–
Shift work
Yes	549	74.7	186	25.3	6.617	0.010	83	30.3	191	69.7	9.165	0.002
No	96	64.4	53	35.6			50	19.0	213	81.0
Anxiety level
Never	25	56.8	19	43.2	14.332	0.006	8	17.0	39	83.0	13.482	0.009
Low	42	60.9	27	39.1			16	15.7	86	84.3
Moderate	200	73.8	71	26.2			40	22.9	135	77.1
High	107	71.8	42	28.2			27	35.1	50	64.9
Extremely high	271	77.2	80	22.8			42	30.9	94	69.1

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