Table 2 Frequency and chronicity score of resident-to-resident aggression (N = 3693)
From: Resident-to-resident aggression in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study
Type of aggression: | How often observed the past year (%): | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Never | Once | 2–5 times | 6–10 times | > 10 times | ||
Verbal | Yelling | 3650 | 25.3 | 8.6 | 23.8 | 13.4 | 28.9 |
Nasty remarks | 3636 | 31.0 | 9.5 | 24.9 | 11.9 | 22.7 | |
Swearing | 3650 | 46.9 | 8.5 | 19.3 | 9.5 | 15.8 | |
Humiliating remarks | 3606 | 42.2 | 10.9 | 22.8 | 9.0 | 15.1 | |
Arguing | 3648 | 20.9 | 9.5 | 27.2 | 12.6 | 29.8 | |
Threatening remarks | 3630 | 59.2 | 9.1 | 14.2 | 6.3 | 11.2 | |
Critical remarks | 3637 | 36.5 | 11.2 | 24.1 | 9.4 | 18.8 | |
Physical | Pushing, grabbing, or pinching | 3633 | 53.9 | 12.3 | 18.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
Pulling hair or kicking | 3629 | 77.4 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | |
Purposely hurting | 3635 | 82.9 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
Throwing things at a resident | 3633 | 75.0 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | |
Hitting | 3630 | 66.2 | 11.1 | 13.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
Bullying | 3636 | 53.2 | 9.9 | 18.7 | 7.4 | 10.8 | |
Behaving aggressively towards a resident | 3636 | 42.6 | 11.9 | 23.6 | 9.0 | 12.9 | |
Material | Stealing money | 3636 | 98.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Stealing things | 3637 | 78.7 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | |
Signing documents without permission | 3631 | 99.9 | 0.07 | 0.03 | – | – | |
Destroying a resident’s things | 3640 | 89.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
Sexual | Unwelcome touching | 3637 | 86.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Unwelcome discussion of sexual activity | 3636 | 88.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | |
Exposure of a resident’s private-body parts | 3627 | 98.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Digital penetration (e.g. finger) | 3632 | 99.39 | 0.36 | 0.17 | 0.08 | – | |
Rape | 3631 | 99.75 | 0.22 | 0.03 | – | – | |
Chronicity score* | N | Median | Min | Max | |||
Verbal aggression | 3082 | 26.5 | 1 | 87.5 | |||
Physical aggression | 2473 | 11 | 1 | 87.5 | |||