ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Management of Workplace Violence against Healthcare Workers: A Multidisciplinary Team for Total Worker Health
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- Risk Assessment of Workplace Violence Against Nurses: How Data Collection Methods Influence Results-A Swedish and Italian Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- The mediating role of psychological resilience in the relationship between workplace violence and job stress among healthcare workers.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Violence in Healthcare Workers Is Associated with Disordered Eating.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Gender Disparities in Workplace Violence Among Italian Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study.La Medicina del lavoro · 2025Observational
- Workplace violence against healthcare workers in the Republic of Moldova during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Measuring the Risk of Violence Through Health Surveillance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Tracking Workplace Violence over 20 Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Factors Influencing Occupational Health and Safety among Nursing Students in Their Clinical Placements: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The impact of vaccine hesitancy on psychological impairment among healthcare workers in a Total Worker HealthFrontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Health professionals who have worked in COVID-19 immunization centers suffer the effects of violence.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Workplace violence in the healthcare setting and its psychological impact on healthcare workers.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The risk of aggression against healthcare workers (HCWs) is a globally well-known topic. However, workplace violence (WV) is often considered as part of HCW’s job, leading to a general underreporting. This cross-sectional study aims at providing a descriptive analysis of aggressive acts against HCWs registered in a 34-month period in a pediatric hospital. According to a specific protocol, each aggressive act was analyzed by a multidisciplinary team using the “Modified Overt Aggression Scale” (MOAS), the “General Health Questionnaire-12” (GHQ-12), and the “Short Form-36 Health Survey” (SF-36) to build a report addressing improvement measures. A three-domain model of WV was also developed considering: (1) assaulted HCWs, (2) attacker-related issues, and (3) environmental context. Contributing factors to overt aggression were outlined and tested using univariate analyses. Statistically significant factors were then included in a multiple linear regression model. A total of 82 aggressive acts were registered in the period. MOAS scores registered a mean value of 3.71 (SD: 4.09). Verbal abuse was the most common form of WV. HCWs professional category, minor psychiatric disorder, emotional role limitation, type of containment used, and emotion intensity were significantly associated with overt aggression (p < 0.05), as well as the attacker’s role in the hospital (p < 0.05). The multiple regression analysis confirmed these findings (p < 0.001). Raising awareness on the aggression risk and contributing factors may lead to a relevant improvement of workplace environment, individual workers’ health, and organizational well-being.
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