TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Occupational injuries and psychological support in Chinese nurses: a cross-sectional study
JO  - Revista da Escola de Engermagem da USP
A1  - Zhang, Wenyu
A1  - Yan, Zixuan
A1  - Zhang, Xueli
A1  - Pi, Hongying
A1  - Sai, Xiaoyong
SP  - e20200422
EP  - e20200422
VL  - 55
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0080-6234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2020-0422
ID  - ref1
ER  -