Table 3 Reporting of SH/SA behaviors
From: Sexual harassment from patient to medical student: a cross-sectional survey
| Â | Â | Sexa | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | All (N = 149) | Female (N = 183) | Male (N = 80) | OR (CI)b |
| Â | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | Â |
Experienced SH/SA and did not report | 107 (71.8) | 89 (48.6) | 18 (22.5) | 1.06 (0.27,4.07) |
Reasons for not reporting: | ||||
Doubt or uncertainty about the incident | ||||
 Was not sure if serious enough | 97 (90.6) | 83 (77.6) | 14 (13.1) | 3.91 (2.05,7.46) |
 Did not think patient intended to harass | 76 (71.0) | 65 (60.7) | 11 (10.3) | 3.46 (1.71,6.99) |
 Was not sure it was SH/SA | 52 (48.6) | 43 (40.2) | 9 (8.4) | 2.42 (1.12,5.25) |
Fear of retaliation | ||||
 Did not want anything to happen to the patient | 35 (32.7) | 29 (27.1) | 6 (5.6) | 2.32 (0.92,5.84) |
 Afraid of negative consequences from supervisors | 28 (26.1) | 23 (21.5) | 5 (4.7) | 2.15 (0.79,5.89) |
 Afraid of negative patient satisfaction | 9 (8.4) | 8 (7.5) | 1 (0.9) | 3.61 (0.44,29.37) |
Feelings of shame, helplessness or hopelessness | ||||
 Felt helpless about what happened | 13 (12.1) | 11 (10.3) | 2 (1.9) | 2.49 (0.54,11.52) |
 Felt ashamed about what happened | 12 (11.2) | 9 (8.4) | 3 (2.8) | 1.33 (0.35,5.04) |
 Felt hopeless about what happened | 6 (5.6) | 6 (5.6) | 0 (0) | n/a |
Systems reasons | ||||
 Did not think reporting would be productive | 84 (78.5) | 71 (66.3) | 13 (12.1) | 3.27 (1.68,6.35) |
 Did not have time | 36 (33.6) | 34 (31.8) | 2 (1.9) | 8.90 (2.08,38.02) |
 Did not know how to report | 28 (26.2) | 24 (22.4) | 4 (3.7) | 2.86 (0.96,8.86) |