@article{ref1,
title="Occupational injuries and psychological support in Chinese nurses: a cross-sectional study",
journal="Revista da Escola de Engermagem da USP",
year="2021",
author="Zhang, Wenyu and Yan, Zixuan and Zhang, Xueli and Pi, Hongying and Sai, Xiaoyong",
volume="55",
number="",
pages="e20200422-e20200422",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the occupational injuries and psychological support received by nurses and to investigate the relationship between the two. <br><br>METHOD: This was a nation-wide cross-sectional study of nurses working across 1858 hospitals in China. Data were collected using an online structured, self-administered questionnaire between 2016 and 2017. <br><br>RESULTS: Nearly half of respondents had experienced aggressive behavior from patients or their attendants; 13.4% respondents had experienced aggressive behavior on more than three occasions. 78.96% respondents had experienced needle-stick injuries and 51.22% had experienced psychological trauma. 20.5% respondents believed that hospitals do not pay any attention to occupational safety. 86.1% respondents expressed the need for little or moderate psychological support. Nurses who had experienced aggressive behavior expressed a greater need for psychological support. Nurses working at hospitals that adequately addressed the occupational safety issues expressed the lowest need for psychological support. <br><br>CONCLUSION: We found a high prevalence of psychological stress and occupational injuries among nurses. Nursing managers need to address this issue and implement interventions to prevent and reduce injuries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0080-6234",
doi="10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2020-0422",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2020-0422"
}