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TotalN = 93 (%) Non-assaulted n = 34 (%) Assaultedn = 59 (%) Gender Female 73 (78.5) 30 (88.2) 43 (72.9) Male 20 (21.5) 4 (11.8) 16 (27.1) Years employed <1 14 (15.1) 6 (17.6) 8 (13.6) 1–4 32 (34.4) 7 (20.6) 25 (42.4) 5–9 15 (16.1) 7 (20.6) 8 (13.6) >9 30 (32.2) 13 (38.2) 17 (29.8) Discipline Direct care 47 (50.5) 8 (23.5) 39 (66.1)* Nursing 11 (11.8) 3 (8.8) 8 (13.6) Teacher 12 (12.9) 6 (17.6) 6 (10.2) Physician 1 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.7) Other† 21 (22.5) 16 (48.5) 5 (8.5)* Age group served 12 and under 24 (25.8) 5 (14.7) 19 (33.2) Over 12 49 (52.7) 14 (41.2) 35 (59.3) Both 10 (10.8) 7 (20.6) 3 (5.1)* * Denotes significant difference at p <.05 on χ2, df = 1.
† Other category comprised social workers, a psychologist, and clerical and administrative personnel with significant patient contact. Percentages may not add up to 100 percent because of missing data, but represents percentages within column.
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Ratings of Prior Assaults at Facility by Staff Assault Status Over the Past Six Months
Total N = 93 Non-assaulted n = 34 Assaulted n = 59 Effect Size Mann Whitney U; p Mean rating, past six months Number of assaults (SD) 1.3 (0.3) — 2.0 (0.2) — Witnessed assaults (SD) 2.0 (0.5) 0.9 (0.1) 2.7 (0.3) U = 301.0; p <.001 Mean rating, lifetime Number of assaults (SD) 2.3 (0.9) 0.9 (0.6) 3.1 (0.6) U = 327.5; p <.001 Witnessed assaults (SD) 3.1 (0.8) 2.0 (0.8) 3.8 (0.4) U = 464.5; p <.001 Data represented are means on scale in which 0 = never; 1 = 1–4 times; 2 = 5–9 times; 3 = 10–20 times; 4 = 21–50 times; and 5 = >50 times.
Total N = 93 Non-assaulted n = 34 Assaulted n = 59 Effect Size Student's t; p Views on dangerous situations Level of vulnerability, mean (SD) 3.1 (1.1) 2.6 (1.2) 3.4 (0.8) t = 3.6; p <.01 Lack of control, mean (SD) 3.1 (1.0) 2.7 (1.1) 3.2 (0.9) t = 2.0; p <.05 WBSI, mean (SD) 40.4 (11.3) 39.4 (11.8) 41.0 (11.0) ns BAI, mean (SD) 10.4 (10.5) 6.0 (7.8) 12.9 (11.1) t = 3.5; p <.01 BSI scales, mean (SD) Somatic (t-score) 52.8 (10.2) 49.4 (8.9) 54.7 (10.5) t = 2.5; p <.05 Obsessive-compulsive (t-score) 57.5 (11.2) 55.4 (11.3) 58.6 (11.0) ns Interpersonal sensitivity (t-score) 52.9 (10.9) 51.1 (10.9) 53.9 (10.8) ns Depression (t-score) 53.8 (10.0) 53.4 (10.3) 54.0 (10.0) ns Anxiety (t-score) 54.5 (11.0) 49.9 (11.0) 57.1 (10.2) t = 3.1; p <.01 Hostility (t-score) 53.1 (10.1) 50.3 (10.3) 54.6 (9.7) ns Phobic anxiety (t-score) 49.7 (9.5) 49.0 (8.2) 50.1 (10.2) ns Paranoid ideation (t-score) 54.7 (11.0) 51.7 (12.0) 56.4 (10.1) ns Psychoticism (t-score) 55.1 (9.8) 53.8 (10.1) 55.9 (9.6) ns Global severity index (t-score) 54.0 (12.1) 50.6 (14.4) 56.0 (10.1) ns Positive symptom total (t-score) 54.6 (11.6) 51.0 (12.9) 56.6 (10.4) t = 2.1; p <.05 Positive symptom distress index 1.7 (2.9) 2.2 (4.8) 1.4 (0.5) ns BSI total score 28.2 (27.3) 24.9 (31.1) 30.1 (25.0) ns Impact of events scale, mean (SD) 1.8 (0.7) 1.6 (0.6) 2.0 (0.7) t = 2.6; p <.05 BDI, mean (SD) 10.6 (9.4) 10.7 (10.8) 10.4 (8.6) ns PDS Symptom severity score 5.9 (8.1) 5.8 (9.7) 5.9 (7.1) ns Number of symptoms endorsed 4.1 (4.4) 3.6 (4.7) 4.4 (4.3) ns Level of impairment in functioning 1.4 (2.8) 1.1 (2.6) 1.6 (2.9) ns Employee adjustment questionnaire Likely to consider job termination? 2.2 (1.2) 1.6 (0.9) 2.6 (1.2) t = 4.3, p <.01 General level of impairment at work? 2.3 (1.2) 1.7 (0.9) 2.6 (1.2) t = 4.0, p <.01 Negative impact on job satisfaction? 3.0 (1.1) 2.8 (1.2) 3.2 (1.1) ns ns, not significant; p >.05.
