Breaching the Bridge: An Investigation into Doctor-Patient Miscommunication as a Significant Factor in the Violence against Healthcare Workers in Palestine

Table 2

Distribution of patients or previously hospitalized patients involved in physical or verbal violence against healthcare workers ().

Item	The total %	Gender		Age groups				Level of education
		Male %	Female %	≤29%	30-39%	40-49%	50-59%	Tawj%	Diplo%	Ba%	GS%
Individuals involved in an act of physical violence against healthcare workers	7.2	4	3.2	4.2	2	1	0	0.8	0.4	4.6	1.4
Individuals involved in an act of verbal violence against healthcare workers	19.6	13	6.6	9.6	5.4	4	0.6	1.6	1.4	13	3.6

Tawj: Tawjihi (higher secondary school); Diplo: Diploma; Ba: Bachelor; GS: Graduate studies.