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Table 3 Nursing home characteristics and the occurrence of all types of resident-to-resident aggression, n (%)

From: Resident-to-resident aggression in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study

Characteristics

Verbal

p*

Physical

p*

Material

p*

Sexual

p*

Size

Small (≀50 beds)

1560 (87.4)

0.236

1223 (67.1)

0.003

420 (22.8)

0.004

306 (16.6)

0.001

Large (> 50 beds)

1522 (88.7)

1250 (71.8)

476 (26.9)

366 (20.8)

Location

Urban

1037 (88.3)

0.925

838 (69.8)

0.160

326 (26.8)

0.049

211 (17.4)

0.356

Suburban

1383 (87.9)

1125 (70.4)

400 (24.7)

315 (19.5)

Rural

662 (87.8)

510 (66.6)

170 (22.0)

146 (18.8)

Unit

Short-term care

394 (80.7)

0.001

278 (55.9)

0.001

81 (16.2)

0.001

71 (14.2)

0.001

Long-term care

1885 (88.3)

1465 (67.4)

470 (21.4)

356 (16.2)

Dementia special care

676 (93.8)

637 (87.0)

316 (42.3)

221 (29.6)

  1. *Pearson’s Chi-square test