Work related assault: impact of policy logistic regression models
| Policy component | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Model 1: Univariate. | ||||||
| Model 2: Multivariate: adjusted for: Workplace [type of facility (Q1), ownership of facility (Q2), location of facility (Q3), total beds at facility (Q4)], Administration attitude [administration’s expectation of violence (Q24A), administration’s corrective measures against violence (Q24B)], Department/unit/area (Q8), and Types of patients [age of population (Q5), race of patients (Q12A), patient gender (Q12B), patient mental status (13B), average length of patient stay (Q15)]. | ||||||
| Model 3: Adjusted and weighted multivariate: adjusted for all variables in Model 2, and also non-response and non-selection. | ||||||
| Zero tolerance | 0.37 | 0.26 to 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.35 to 0.84 | 0.70 | 0.38 to 1.51 |
| Types of prohibited behaviours | 0.45 | 0.31 to 0.65 | 0.54 | 0.33 to 0.90 | 0.56 | 0.32 to 1.43 |
| Confidentiality in reporting | 0.70 | 0.49 to 1.01 | 0.83 | 0.50 to 1.38 | 1.05 | 0.54 to 2.76 |
| Flagging charts | 0.74 | 0.54 to 1.02 | 0.76 | 0.50 to 1.14 | 0.66 | 0.39 to 1.30 |
| Consequences for using violence at work | 0.81 | 0.53 to 1.22 | 0.97 | 0.56 to 1.71 | 1.201 | 0.50 to 2.94 |
| How to report non-physical violence | 0.94 | 0.57 to 1.52 | 1.01 | 0.53 to 1.92 | 1.70 | 0.57 to 4.53 |
| How to report physical violence | 0.95 | 0.59 to 1.52 | 0.70 | 0.36 to 1.34 | 0.82 | 0.35 to 3.02 |
| Required training policies | 1.00 | 0.74 to 1.34 | 0.93 | 0.63 to 1.37 | 1.11 | 0.62 to 1.93 |