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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants

From: Physical violence against health staff by mentally ill patients at a psychiatric hospital in Botswana

Characteristic

No of participants (%)

Gender

179(100%)

 Male

72(40.2%)

 Female

107(59.8%)

Age(years)

171a(100%)

  < =32

94(55.0%)

  > 32

77(45.0%)

Marital status

178a(100%)

 Single

108(60.6%)

 Married

68(38.2%)

 Divorced/Widowed

1(0.6%)

 Widowed

1(0.6%)

Religion

175a(100%)

 Christianity

167(95.4%)

 Islam

1(0.6%)

 African traditional religion

3(1.7%)

 Others

4(2.3%)

Profession

178a(100%)

 Psychiatrist

4(2.2%)

 Medical officer

6(3.4%)

 Psychiatric nurse

31(17.4%)

 General nurse

108(60.7%)

 Student nurse

2(1.1%)

 Psychologist

3(1.7%)

 Social worker

7(3.9%)

 Occupational therapist

1(0.6%)

 Pharmacist

5(2.8%)

 Record officer

5(2.8%)

 Auxiliary staff

4(2.2%)

 Lab technician

2(1.1%)

Income per month

179 (100%)

  = <  5000

13(7.3%)

 6-10,000

56(31.3%)

 11-20,000

95(53.1)

  > 20,000

15(8.4%)

Duration of practice (years)

176a (100%)

  < =4

89(50.6%)

  > 4

87 (49.4%)

Lifetime attack

179(100%)

 No

54(30.2%)

 Yes

125 (69.8%)

Past 12 months attack

179(100%)

 No

100(55.9%)

 Yes

79 (44.1%)

  1. Median age is 32 years
  2. Median duration of practice is 4 years
  3. 12 months prevalence of violence is 44.1%
  4. Lifetime prevalence of violence is 69.8%
  5. aFigure did not add up to 179 because of missing data