Table 5

Logistic regression on nurses’ patient and visitor violence (PVV) reporting (n=1813)

Item P OR 95% CI
LowerUpper
Constant<0.0010.032
Gender (male)0.0241.8321.0833.101
Specialised hospitals<0.0012.3351.5173.594
Internal medicine*<0.001
Emergency0.0181.7881.1052.892
Outpatient<0.0013.1531.6975.860
Surgery0.2081.3840.8342.297
Gynaecology and obstetrics0.9191.0510.4032.738
Paediatrics<0.0013.8081.9767.338
Intensive care unit0.1950.2590.0341.997
Psychiatry0.5521.2000.6582.186
Others0.7240.8410.3212.203
No*0.006
1~4 times0.2870.7840.5011.227
5~9 times0.0070.4810.2820.819
≥10 times0.6491.1560.6202.156
Neuroticism*0.010
Rigour0.0721.7420.9513.189
Agreeableness0.0172.1121.1403.911
Openness0.7601.1070.5772.124
Extraversion0.7370.8160.2492.676
Mildly*0.521
Moderately0.0921.8190.9073.647
Severe0.3281.4780.6753.233
Heard of PVV before<0.0011.7491.3052.346
PVV not worth the fuss0.5961.1160.7441.672
The state or attitude of the abuser affects reporting0.2980.7990.5241.218
Severity of violence affects reporting0.0120.5500.3440.878
Safety of the work environment affects reporting0.0861.5340.9412.501
Media coverage of violence affects reporting0.7060.9250.6161.388
Training on PVV reporting can facilitate reporting0.1570.7720.5401.104
Establishment of a department to deal with PVV could facilitate reporting0.6300.9050.6031.359
Introduction of a non-punitive reporting system could facilitate reporting0.9061.0220.7171.455
Strengthening hospital security could facilitate reporting0.7200.9300.6271.381
Proper media orientation can facilitate reporting0.3310.8380.5871.197
Encourage reporting<0.0012.7001.8483.946
Reporting institution0.5681.1410.7241.799
Reporting system0.0790.6590.4141.049
Specialised department0.2301.2590.8641.834
Reporting training0.5630.8840.5821.343
Chastise employees*0.220
 Defending the interests of the staff0.0472.0721.0104.248
 Deal fairly0.1361.6220.8583.065
Ignore it0.4461.3050.6572.593
 Emphasis doctors more*0.052
 Emphasis nurses more0.0202.1091.1233.958
 Pay attention equally0.9401.0120.7341.396
  • The Hosmer-Lemeshow test value is 5.457 (p=0.708>0.05).

  • Negelkerke R2=0.253; Cox-Snell R2=0.149.

  • *Reference group.