Table 4 Characteristics of violent events against the exposed Egyptian HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic in our study (n = 256)

Kind of violence

 Physical

4

1.6

 Verbal

225

87.9

 Both

27

10.5

The violent person^a

 Patient

74

28.9

 Relative

191

74.6

 Colleague

1

0.4

 Administrative

9

3.5

 Supervisor

3

1.2

 Others

33

12.9

Any physical injury from the violent event

 No

246

96.1

 Yes

10

3.9

Was the violent incident preventable?

 No

73

28.5

 Yes

183

71.5