Comparison of nurses’ perceptions and attitudes on nurses’ patient and visitor violence (PVV) reporting (n=1813, n (%))
| Item | Category | Nurses, n (%) | Whether or not to report a PVV exposure | x 2 | P | |
| Yes (n=292) | No (n=1521) | |||||
| Heard of PVV before | Yes | 519 (28.6) | 131 (25.2) | 388 (74.8) | 44.908 | <0.001 |
| No | 1294 (71.4) | 161 (12.4) | 1133 (87.6) | |||
| PVV was unavoidable at work | Yes | 1510 (83.3) | 247 (16.4) | 1263 (83.6) | 0.424 | 0.515 |
| No | 303 (16.7) | 45 (14.9) | 258 (85.1) | |||
| PVV not worth the fuss | Yes | 204 (11.3) | 47 (23.0) | 157 (77.0) | 8.178 | 0.004 |
| No | 1609 (88.7) | 245 (15.2) | 1364 (84.8) | |||
| Nurses need to proactively report PVV | Yes | 1720 (94.9) | 279 (16.2) | 1441 (83.8) | 0.328 | 0.567 |
| No | 93 (5.1) | 13 (14.0) | 80 (86.0) | |||
| Hospitals should make ‘proactive reporting PVV’ a rule | Yes | 1655 (91.3) | 263 (15.9) | 1392 (84.1) | 0.648 | 0.421 |
| No | 158 (8.7) | 29 (18.4) | 129 (81.6) | |||
| Nurses would benefit from PVV reporting training | Yes | 1480 (81.6) | 249 (16.8) | 1231 (83.2) | 3.078 | 0.079 |
| No | 333 (18.4) | 43 (12.9) | 290 (87.1) | |||
| Coworkers’ positive reporting affect reporting | Yes | 1190 (65.6) | 180 (15.1) | 1010 (84.9) | 2.461 | 0.117 |
| No | 623 (34.4) | 112 (18.0) | 511 (82.0) | |||
| The state or attitude of the abuser affects reporting | Yes | 1359 (75.0) | 192 (14.1) | 1167 (85.9) | 15.712 | <0.001 |
| No | 454 (25.0) | 100 (22.0) | 354 (78.0) | |||
| Severity of violence affects reporting | Yes | 1452 (80.1) | 212 (14.6) | 1240 (85.4) | 12.230 | <0.001 |
| No | 361 (19.9) | 80 (22.2) | 281 (77.8) | |||
| Safety of the work environment affects reporting | Yes | 1447 (79.8) | 212 (14.7) | 1235 (85.3) | 11.229 | 0.001 |
| No | 366 (20.2) | 80 (21.9) | 286 (78.1) | |||
| Media coverage of violence affects reporting | Yes | 1426 (78.7) | 205 (14.4) | 1221 (85.6) | 14.798 | <0.001 |
| No | 387 (21.3) | 87 (22.5) | 300 (77.5) | |||
| Training on PVV reporting can facilitate reporting | Yes | 1374 (75.8) | 206 (15.0) | 1168 (85.0) | 5.204 | 0.023 |
| No | 439 (24.2) | 86 (19.6) | 353 (80.4) | |||
| Establishment of a department to deal with PVV could facilitate reporting | Yes | 1559 (86.0) | 237 (15.2) | 1322 (84.8) | 6.728 | 0.009 |
| No | 254 (14.0) | 55 (21.7) | 199 (78.3) | |||
| Introduction of a non-punitive reporting system could facilitate reporting | Yes | 1355 (74.7) | 200 (14.8) | 1155 (85.2) | 7.189 | 0.007 |
| No | 458 (25.3) | 92 (20.1) | 366 (79.9) | |||
| Strengthening hospital security could facilitate reporting | Yes | 1512 (83.4) | 230 (15.2) | 1282 (84.8) | 5.390 | 0.020 |
| No | 301 (16.6) | 62 (20.6) | 239 (79.4) | |||
| Proper media orientation can facilitate reporting | Yes | 1325 (73.1) | 192 (14.5) | 1133 (85.5) | 9.506 | 0.002 |
| No | 488 (26.9) | 100 (20.5) | 388 (79.5) | |||