Relation of psychological stress reactions to workplace violenceand social acknowledgement in emergency nurses
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2015.06.010
- VernacularTitle:急诊科护士的心理应激反应与工作场所暴力、社会认可的关系
- Author:
Ruiyuan GUAN
;
Baolan GE
;
Binghong GU
;
Hongyu SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
workplace violence;
psychological stress reaction;
social acknowledgement;
emergency nurses;
cross-sectional studies
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2015;(6):452-456
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relations of psychological stress reactions to workplace violence and so-cial acknowledgement among emergency nurses.Methods:Totally 444 emergency nurses from 8 tertiary hospitals and 1 second A hospital in Beijing were selected.Psychological stressful reactions were measured with the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R).The social acknowledgment from general society and family to victims was assessed with the Social Acknowledgment Questionnaire (SAQ).Results:Among the 444 samples,96.8% sustained verbal assaults,43.2% underwent physical assaults,32.0% encountered threats,and 4.3% suffered sexual assaults.The results of ANOVA analysis indicated that nurses who suffered 3 types of violence had higher scores of IES-R than the ones who endured one type of violence and 2 types of violence[(22.0 ±16.1)vs.(15.4 ±15.6),(18.1 ± 16.1),Ps <0.01)].Similarly,those nurses who suffered 4 types of violence had higher scores of IES-R than the ones who enduredone type of violence and 2 types of violence [(33.4 ±17.1)vs.(15.4 ±15.6),(18.1 ±16.1), Ps <0.01].Regressive analysis showed that family disapproval,general disapproval,and violence types predicted psychological stress reactions,(β=0.13 -0.40,P <0.05,adjust R2 =0.27).Conclusion:It suggests that violence types,social disapproval and family disapproval may play vital roles in predicting the degree of posttraumatic dis-tress in emergency nurses after suffering from hospital violence.
