Authors
Campbell-JC; Messing-JT; Kub-J; Agnew-J; Fitzgerald-S; Fowler-B; Sheridan-D; Lindauer-C; Deaton-J; Bolyard-R
Source
J Occup Environ Med 2011 Jan; 53(1):82-89
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Nurses face one of the highest rates of reported workplace violence (WPV). This research examined the prevalence of WPV and demographic, work-related, and adult and childhood abuse histories as risk factors for WPV among 2166 nurses/nursing personnel across four health care institutions in one US metropolitan area. METHODS: Using data from an online cross-sectional survey, multivariate logistic regression was utilized to determine risk factors for physical and psychological WPV. RESULTS: Almost one-third (30%) of nurses/nursing personnel experienced WPV (19.4% physical, 19.9% psychological). Risk factors included being a nurse, white, male, working in the emergency department, older age, longer employment, childhood abuse, and intimate partner violence. CONCLUSIONS: Adult and childhood abuse histories have not been considered in previous large-scale investigations, but were significant risk factors along with other previously identified risk factors for WPV.
Keywords
Nurses; Nursing; Health-care-personnel; Medical-personnel; Health-care; Health-hazards; Emergency-care; Demographic-characteristics; Work-environment; Health-surveys; Physiological-factors; Psychological-factors; Behavior; Behavior-patterns; Risk-factors; Mathematical-models; Statistical-analysis; Emergency-responders; Emotional-stress; Drug-abuse
Contact
Jill Theresa Messing, MSW, PhD, Arizona State University, School of Social Work, 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Document Type
Journal Article
Email Address
Jill.Mesing@asu.edu
Identifying No.
Grant-Number-R01-OH-007953
Source Name
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Performing Organization
Johns Hopkins University