Correlation between workplace violence of hospital setting and psychological health status of nurses
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2012.14.002
- VernacularTitle:医院工作场所暴力与护士心理健康的相关性研究
- Author:
Jun-Hui YAN
1
;
Han-Qun LIN
;
Jing HOU
;
Jian WANG
;
Xian-Zhe WU
;
Xue-Fei HAN
Author Information
1. 深圳市第五人民医院
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Violence;
Hospital;
Psychological health
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2012;18(14):1616-1620
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the workplace violence situation of hospital setting and explore its influence on the psychological health status of nurses.Methods A descriptive and correlative design was used.By cluster sampling,932 nurses from three hospitals in Shenzhen were recruited.The Workplace Violence in Hospital Setting Questionnaire and the Symptom Checklist 90 were used to measure the status of workplace violence in hospital setting and the level of psychological health status of nurses.The data were analysed with software SPSS version 12.0.Results The overall incidence rate of workplace violence was 64.3％ with psychological violence 86.0％,physical violence 20.9％,sexual violence 11.5％.The scores of psychological health and 9 dimensions score of nurses suffering from workplace violence were significantly higher than that of nurses without suffering from workplace violence ( Z =- 9.734,P ＜ 0.01 ).The more frequence of working violence they suffered,the higher the score of psychological health of nurses they have( P ＜0.01 ),and there was significantly difference in the frequence of psychological violence,the score of psychological health and its dimension(P ＜0.01 ).The frequence of physical violence and sexual violence was no correlation with the score of psychological health ( P ＞ 0.05 ).The more frequence of working violence is,the higher scores on psychological health status of nursing staff were.( P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions The overall incidence rate of workplace violence was high.The psychological health status of nurses suffering from workplace violence was lower than that of nurses without suffering from workplace violence.The more frequence of working violence,the poorer the psychological health status of nurses.
