@article{ref1,
title="Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: an online survey in China",
journal="International journal of nursing sciences",
year="2021",
author="Song, Chunyan and Wang, Gaili and Wu, Hongyan",
volume="8",
number="1",
pages="65-70",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported. <br><br>METHODS: A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to a Chinese nursing journal from 2016 to 2017. A total of 324 nurses agreed to participate in this study and 266 participants from 165 hospitals in 72 cities returned questionnaires. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 172 nurses (64.7%) experienced violent incidents during the past year. Of these incidents, 45.5% were reported; and the reporting rate of physical assaults (69.0%) was higher than those of verbal abuse (36.9%), threatening behavior (51.7%), and sexual harassment (60.0%). Formal reporting accounted for 25.4% (15.4% in written form and 10.0% through a computer-assisted reporting system). Almost half of the nurses (49.6%) stated that the hospital had no reporting system or they were uncertain about the reporting system. For reasons of not reporting, 51.9% of the nurses were unware of how and what types of violence to report, and 50.6% of the nurses believed that the hospital paid greater attention to patients rather than staff. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A clear definition of workplace violence and reporting procedures, establishment of a facile system for reporting, and supervisory support following a reporting are urgently required.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2096-6296",
doi="10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.11.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.11.006"
}