“It happens to clinicians too”: an Australian prevalence study of intimate partner and family violence against health professionals

Table 1 Personal characteristics of participating health professionals compared with the research site and the Australian population

Characteristic	No. (%) of participants	% of hospital population ^a	% of Australian hospital population
Health professional background	(n = 470)	(n = 1047)	(n = 251,000) ^b
Midwifery	172 (36.6)	51.0 (Nursing and Midwifery)	45 (Nursing and Midwifery)
Nursing	145 (30.9)	51.0 (Nursing and Midwifery)	45 (Nursing and Midwifery)
Medical	69 (14.7)	19.2	12
Allied Health	61 (13.0)	10.7	14
Other	23 (4.9)	19.1	**
Age (years)			(n = 238,029) ^c
< 30	81 (17.2)	18.7	15.3
30–39	123 (26.2)	25.9	19.4
40–49	100 (21.3)	21.4	26.0
50–59	133 (28.3)	23.9	28.5
≥ 60	33 (7.0)	10.0	10.7
Intimate relationship status			(n = 15,509) ^d
Current (n = 430)	337 (78.4)	n.a.	65
Last 12mths (n = 432)	363 (84.0)	n.a.	**
Longer than 12mths (n = 464)	431 (92.9)	n.a.	84
Health professional experience (years) (n = 468)
< 5	70 (15.0)	n.a.	**
5–9	67 (14.3)	n.a.	**
10–19	119 (25.4)	n.a.	**
20–29	99 (21.2)	n.a.	**
≥ 30	113 (24.2)	n.a.	**
Employment at hospital (years)
< 5	197 (42.0)	50.7	**
5–9	104 (22.1)	21.9	**
10–19	94 (20.0)	16.7	**
20–29	61 (13.0)	8.7	**
≥ 30	14 (3.0)	1.9	**

Values are numbers (percentages) unless otherwise stated
Denominators vary due to missing responses
^a Comparison female-only hospital data not available. Percentages listed above include male and female health professionals. Proportion of female clinical staff at research site hospital: 88.9%, male: 11.1%
^b Australian male and female health professionals [43]
^c Australian nurse/midwives [13]
^d Population relationship data [44]
n.a. Data not collected by research site
** Comparable data not available

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