Citation

Wu SY, Li HY, Lin SW. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2011; 29(12): 932-936.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Tianjin shi lao dong wei sheng yan jiu suo)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22470949

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of workplace violence on sub-health status of nurses and to provide the theoretical basis for preventing the workplace violence in the hospitals and improving the health status of nurses. METHODS: A total of 679 nurses were selected by using stratified cluster sampling method. The Chinese version of workplace violence scale (WVS) and sub-health scale were used to measure workplace violence and sub-health status, respectively. RESULTS: The subjects with middle age (30-45 years) were found to have the highest incidence of physical assault (24.5%) and emotional assault (52.2%) as compared with other subjects (P<0.05). The prevalence (23.6%) of emotional assault of subjects with lowest education levels was significantly lower than that of others (P<0.05). The nurses with work shift were more vulnerable to emotional assault (45.1%) than those without work shift (36.8%)(P<0.05). The prevalence of the workplace violence of nurses in the psychiatric department and emergency department was significantly higher than that of nurses in other departments (P<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that workplace violence was an important risk factor for sub-health status of nurses when other potential confounding factors were taken into account. CONCLUSION: The results of present study showed that workplace violence plays an important role in sub-health status of nurses after adjusting other potential confounding factors. It is important to develop the prevention strategies for reducing the incidence of workplace violence and improving the sub-health status of nurses.

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