[Retracted] Study on the Current Status and Influencing Factors of Workplace Violence to Medical Staff in Intensive Care Units

Table 2

Characteristics of workplace violence incidents suffered by ICU medical staff.

Characteristics of workplace violence incidents		Case	Composition ratio (%)
Time of occurrence	Day shift	68	59.65
	Night shift	39	34.21
	After work	7	6.14
If they were present alone	Yes	101	88.60
	No	13	11.40
Gender of perpetrators	Male	91	79.82
	Female	23	20.18
Age of perpetrators	<18 years old	1	0.88
	18∼40 years old	13	11.40
	41∼60 years old	74	64.91
	>60 years old	26	22.81
	Patients	60	52.63
Identity of perpetrators	Family members of patients	49	42.98
	Other people	5	4.39
	High treatment costs	9	7.89
	Death of patients	12	10.53
Reason for workplace violence	Wrong verbal communication	18	15.79
	Long waiting time for treatment	31	27.19
	Unsatisfactory treatment effect	44	38.60
	Patient explanation	73	64.04
Coping method	Language warning	28	24.56
	Terminating treatment	2	1.75
	Calling the police/prosecuting	11	9.65