Variable | Frequency (n = 63) (%) | ||
Description of spousal involvement in the workplace |
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To protect a spouse from what they perceived as a threat | 34 (54.0) | ||
Non-work-related spousal support or acts of kindness | 7 (11.1) | ||
Report family issues to doctor’s colleagues | 7 (11.1) | ||
Deliberate verbal or physical altercation with spouse/Spillover of family issues | 7 (11.1) | ||
Extension of spousal work privileges/authority to self | 2 (3.2) | ||
Help out the spouse carry out delegated work in the hospital (could be a medical procedure) | 2 (3.2) | ||
Interference with workflow | 2 (3.2) | ||
Others | 2 (3.2) | ||
Who do you think invited the spouse to the incident? |
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The spouse came unsolicited | 37 (58.1) | ||
The doctor invited their spouse | 25 (39.7) | ||
Do not know | 1 (1.2) | ||
The age range of the doctor whose spouse got involved |
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21 - 30yrs | 9 (14.3) | ||
31 - 40yrs | 26 (41.3) | ||
41 - 50yrs | 18 (28.6) | ||
51 - 60yrs | 9 (14.3) | ||
61 - 70yrs | 1 (1.6) | ||
The estimated age range of spouses who got involved in the doctors’ workplace |
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21 - 30yrs | 4 (6.3) | ||
31 - 40yrs | 23 (36.5) | ||
41 - 50yrs | 30 (47.6) | ||
51 - 60yrs | 6 (9.5) | ||
61 - 70yrs | 0 (0) | ||
The cadre of Doctors whose spouses got involved in the workplace |
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Consultant | 16 (25.4) | ||
Registrar | 16 (25.4) | ||
Senior Registrar | 14 (22.2) | ||
Medical officer | 8 (12.7) | ||
House officer | 6 (9.5) | ||
Other cadre | 2 (3.2) | ||
Medical academician | 1 (1.6) | ||
Highest Educational Qualification of the spouse who got involved |
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Tertiary | 56 (88.9) | ||
Do not know | 6 (9.5) | ||
Secondary | 1 (1.6) | ||
Occupation of the spouse who got involved in the workplace |
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Health care industry | 20 (31.7) | ||
Engineer | 6 (9.5) | ||
Civil servant | 5 (7.9) | ||
Business (unspecified) | 4 (6.3) | ||
Educationist | 4 (6.3) | ||
Banking/Finance | 3 (4.8) | ||
Legal practitioner | 2 (3.2) | ||
Hospitality industry | 1 (1.6) | ||
Military | 1 (1.6) | ||
Unemployed | 1 (1.6) | ||
Unknown | 16 (25.4) | ||
Perceived enabler to spousal involvement in the doctor workplace |
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Expression of love for a spouse | 34 (54.0) | ||
Ignorance of boundaries of spouses in the workplace | 17 (27.0) | ||
Exertion of control by a spouse | 14 (22.2) | ||
Do not know | 6 (9.5) | ||
High political or financial influence of spouse | 5 (7.9) | ||
Cultural thinking on the role of spouse in conflict with work role | 1 (1.6) | ||