ArticleBioMed research international2013
The exploding spark: workplace violence in an infectious disease hospital--a longitudinal study.
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- Beyond Bullying, Aggression, Discrimination, and Social Safety: Development of an Integrated Negative Work Behavior Questionnaire (INWBQ).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Implementation of a workplace protection system and its correlation with experiences of workplace violence: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Exposure to work-related violence and/or threats of violence as a predictor of certified sickness absence due to mental disorders: a prospective cohort study of 16,339 Swedish men and women in paid work.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2023Article
- Workplace Health Promotion Embedded in Medical Surveillance: The Italian Way to Total Worker Health Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- [Violence at work and work engagement against nursing professionals in Spain: a cross-sectional study.]Revista espanola de salud publica · 2023Article
- Workplace Violence: Impact on the Commitment and Involvement of Nurses at Work.Journal of nursing management · 2023Article
- The Management of Workplace Violence against Healthcare Workers: A Multidisciplinary Team for Total Worker HealthInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association between high burn-out and workplace violence among healthcare workers in China: a WeChat-based survey.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesWorkplace violence (WV) is an important occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs).
methodsA longitudinal study was carried out on HCWs from an infectious disease hospital. Work-related stress, anxiety, and depression were measured at baseline in 2003, and they were reassessed in 2005, along with the assaults that occurred in the previous year.
resultsOne-year prevalences of 6.2% and 13.9% were reported for physical and verbal aggressions, respectively. Perpetrators were mainly patients. The professional groups most frequently attacked were physicians, followed by nurses. Workers with job strain at baseline had a significant risk of being subject to aggression (OR 7.7; CI 95%, 3.3-17.9) in the following year. The relationship between job strain and subsequent WV remained significant even after correction for anxiety, depression, and other confounders. Conversely, experiencing WV was associated with a high risk of job strain and effort-reward imbalance in the following year. The final levels of anxiety and depression were predicted using regression models that included physical aggression among predictive variables.
conclusionsWV is the spark that sets off a problematic work situation. Effective prevention of WV can only be achieved within the framework of an overall improvement in the quality of work.
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