Table 3

Characteristics associated with having heard or witnessed more incidents of V&A towards EMS staff

Multivariable ordinal logistic regressions OR,(95% CI of OR), (P value)
1 a) Heard about V&A
(n=877)
1b) Witnessed V&A
(n=940)
Female0.878
(0.689, 1.119)
(p=0.293)
1.035
(0.757, 1.416)
(p=0.827)
Age (years)0.994
(0.986, 1.001)
(p=0.094)
0.972
(0.962, 0.981)
(p<0.001)
C2/D/E0.846
(0.663, 1.080)
(p=0.181)
1.042
(0.761, 1.427)
(p=0.798)
Mid and West Wales0.987
(0.638, 1.528)
(p=0.954)
1.357
(0.748, 2.462)
(p=0.315)
North Wales1.021
(0.671, 1.555)
(p=0.922)
1.546
(0.882, 2.710)
(p=0.128)
South Wales Central0.895
(0.503, 1.592)
(p=0.706)
1.096
(0.493, 2.440)
(p=0.822)
South Wales East1.145
(0.760, 1.725)
(p=0.516)
1.507
(0.874, 2.597)
(p=0.140)
South Wales West0.904
(0.570, 1.434)
(p=0.668)
1.698
(0.953, 3.025)
(p=0.072)
All workers (net)0.992
(0.761, 1.295)
(p=0.955)
0.824
(0.589, 1.153)
(p=0.258)
  • The order of responses is represented in table 2 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.