Figure 1

Sample description_
| Hulbert index of sexual assertiveness | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 60 (11.1) |
| Female | 480 (88.9) |
| Mean age (SD) (n=538) | 41.6 (10.5) |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 127 (23.6) |
| University degree or more | 411 (76.4) |
| No of years in current health institution (n=529) | 11.6 (10) |
| No of working years (n=530) | 18.3 (11.1) |
| HCW | |
| Doctors | 118 (22.7) |
| Nurses | 302 (58.2) |
| Other HCW | 99 (19.1) |
| Institution | |
| Primary | 372 (69.7) |
| Secondary | 82 (15.4) |
| Tertiary | 80 (15) |
Relationships between gender, education, age, HCW type, type of institution, and score on each dimension of the PSS scale (results of the multiple linear regression analysis)_
| Beta (β) | Ambiguous patient expectations | Disliked patients | Patient verbal aggression | Disproportionate patient expectations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Std. B | P | Std. B | P | Std. B | P | Std. B | P | |
| Male gender | 0 | 0.956 | 0.03 | 0.561 | -0.04 | 0.364 | -0.07 | 0.096 |
| University degree or more | -0.21 | <0.001 | 0.01 | 0.889 | -0.3 | <0.001 | -0.23 | <0.001 |
| Age | 0.04 | 0.405 | 0.08 | 0.062 | -0.03 | 0.447 | -0.04 | 0.308 |
| Doctors vs. other HCW | 0.15 | 0.011 | 0.18 | 0.003 | 0.15 | 0.011 | 0.15 | 0.008 |
| Nurses vs. other HCW | 0.07 | 0.201 | 0.05 | 0.414 | 0.1 | 0.062 | 0.12 | 0.04 |
| Primary vs. tertiary | 0.04 | 0.49 | -0.13 | 0.028 | -0.15 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.83 |
| Secondary vs. tertiary | 0.04 | 0.471 | -0.07 | 0.259 | -0.07 | 0.203 | -0.01 | 0.874 |
| F (P) | 3.91 (<0.001) | 3.04 (0.004) | 8.21 (<0.001) | 5.13 (<0.001) | ||||
| R2 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.07 | ||||
