Citation

Pekurinen V, Välimäki M, Virtanen M, Kivimaki M, Vahtera J. Adm. Policy Ment. Health 2019; 46(3): 368-379.

Affiliation

Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10488-018-00919-6

PMID

30684111

Abstract

We examined the associations between work stress (job strain, effort-reward imbalance), perceived job insecurity, workplace social capital, satisfaction with leadership and working hours in relation to the likelihood of encountering patient aggression (overall exposure, assaults on ward property, mental abuse, physical assaults). We conducted a cross-sectional survey for nurses (N = 923) in 84 psychiatric units. Both work stress indicators were associated higher odds for different types of patient aggression. Poorer satisfaction with leadership was associated with higher odds for overall exposure to patient aggression. These findings were robust to adjustment for several nurse and work characteristics, and unit size.

Language: en

Keywords

Patient violence; Psychiatric nursing; Psychosocial work environment