Table 4

Estimates of risk of physical violence by job family; values are OR (95% CI)

Exposures: job family	No	Physical violence (unadjusted)	Physical violence (adjusted)†	Physical violence (adjusted)‡	Physical violence (adjusted)§
*95% CI does not include 1[with exceptions].
†Adjusted for department, business unit, and patient contact.
‡Adjusted for department, business unit, and hours worked.
§Adjusted for age, gender, race, marital status, education, and income.
¶Includes employees such as physical therapists, respiratory therapists, and medical technologists.
**Includes employees such as human resources personnel and management.
††Includes employees such as physicians, residents and interns, and nurse practitioners.
‡‡Includes employees such as cooks, drivers, laundry aides, and housekeeping aides.
Medical specialists¶	343	1	1	1	1
Clerical	205	0.1 (0.0 to 0.4) *	0.1 (0.0 to 0.5)*	0.1 (0.0 to 0.4)*	0.1 (0.0 to 0.5) *
Patient care assistants	94	2.4 (1.1 to 5.2)*	2.5 (1.1 to 6.1)*	3.0 (1.2 to 7.1)*	2.8 (1.2 to 6.5)*
Professionals**	438	0.3 (0.1 to 0.8)*	0.3 (0.1 to 1.2)	0.3 (.01 to 0.9)*	0.3 (0.1 to 0.9)*
Nurses	231	3.8 (2.0 to 7.3)*	1.7 (0.8 to 3.5)	2.2 (1.1 to 4.5)*	4.3 (2.2 to 8.5)*
Medical care providers††	304	1.5 (0.6 to 3.7)	1.0 (0.4 to 2.9)	1.3 (0.5 to 3.7)	1.6 (0.6 to 4.5)
Other not classified‡‡	136	1.4 (0.6 to 3.1)	1.7 (0.6 to 5.1)	1.3 (0.5 to 3.6)	2.0 (0.9 to 4.8)