Addressing Risks of Violence against Healthcare Staff in Emergency Departments: The Effects of Job Satisfaction and Attachment Style

Table 1

Participants’ characteristics (N = 149).

Variables	Whole Sample		Physicians		Nurses
Gender
Males	79	(53.0%)	50	(57.5%)	29	(46.8%)
Females	69	(46.3%)	37	(42.5%)	32	(51.6%)
Missing value	1	(0.7%)	0	(0%)	1	(1,6%)
Age
24 to 30 years	11	(7.4%)	3	(3.4%)	8	(12.9%)
31 to 40 years	38	(25.5%)	26	(29.9%)	12	(19.4%)
41 to 50 years	43	(28.9%)	12	(13.8%)	31	(50%)
51 to 60 years	36	(24.2%)	26	(29.9%)	10	(16.1%)
Over 60 years	19	(12.8%)	19	(21.8%)	0	(0%)
Missing value	2	(1.3%)	1	(1.1%)	1	(1.6%)
Length of service
1 to 10 years	51	(34.2%)	34	39.1%)	17	(27.4%)
11 to 20 years	24	(16.1%)	15	(17.2%)	9	14.5%)
21 to 30 years	54	(36.2%)	23	(26.4%)	31	(50%)
31 to 40 years	19	(12.8%)	15	(17.2%)	4	(6.5%)
Missing value	1	(0.7%)	0	(0%)	1	(1.6%)