Table 3: Perpetrators of workplace violence.

 

Perpetrators

 Forms of Violence

Physical violence

Verbal violence

Sexual violence

N

%

N

%

N

%

Patients

99

30.8

129

27.9

39

26.5

Patients’ families

159

49.5

195

42.2

51

34.7

Physician

27

8.4

36

7.8

21

14.3

Colleagues

12

3.7

33

7.1

12

8.2

Senior colleagues

18

5.6

51

11.0

6

4.1

Support staff

6

1.9

18

3.9

18

12.2