Table 5

Characteristics associated with thinking a factor was more likely to contribute to violence and agression towards emergency medical service staff

Multivariable ordinal logistic regressions OR,(95% C.I. of OR) (P value)
Q10a) Alcohol
(n=951)		Q10b) Drugs
(n=948)		Q10c) Altered mental status following illness and/or injury
(n=927)
Female0.988
(0.720, 1.355)
(p=0.940)		1.400
(1.041, 1.883)
(p=0.026)		1.259
(0.978, 1.621)
(p=0.074)
Age (years)1.009
(0.999, 1.019)
(p=0.070)		1.015
(1.005, 1.024)
(p=0.002)		1.001
(0.993, 1.009)
(p=0.733)
Social grade C2/D/E0.977
(0.711, 1.341)
(p=0.884)		0.932
(0.693, 1.254)
(p=0.643)		1.034
(0.803, 1.331)
(p=0.794)
Mid and West Wales0.753
(0.418, 1.358)
(p=0.346)		0.606
(0.352, 1.046)
(p=0.072)		1.035
(0.658, 1.629)
(p=0.882)
North Wales0.968
(0.540, 1.736)
(p=0.913)		0.968
(0.559, 1.679)
(p=0.909)		1.183
(0.760, 1.842)
(p=0.457)
South Wales Central0.481
(0.240, 0.963)
(p=0.039)		0.513
(0.263, 1.002)
(p=0.051)		0.982
(0.543, 1.773)
(p=0.951)
South Wales East0.731
(0.421, 1.268)
(p=0.264)		0.697
(0.413, 1.176)
(p=0.176)		1.189
(0.772, 1.832)
(p=0.432)
South Wales West0.738
(0.409, 1.331)
(p=0.313)		0.809
(0.463, 1.416)
(p=0.459)		1.332
(0.838, 2.116)
(p=0.225)
ALL WORKERS (NET)0.758
(0.538, 1.069)
(p=0.114)		0.940
(0.682, 1.295)
(p=0.704)		1.113
(0.841, 1.473)
(p=0.454)

  • The order of responses is represented in table 4 by the column code. Reference categories: female with respect to male; social grade C2/D/E with respect to A/B/C1; Welsh regions with respect to Cardiff; all workers (NET) with respect to non-workers.