Investigation on workplace violence in a Grade 2A hospital——A survey using the investing tool for workplace violence in hospitals developed by the World Health Organization
10.11763/j.issn.2095-2619.2019.02.004
- Author:
Na CHEN
1
;
Min ZHANG
1
;
Rui LI
;
Peng WANG
;
Yuping WANG
1
Author Information
1. School of Public Health, Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100000, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hospital;
Medical worker;
Workplace violence;
Occupational safety;
Occupational health
- From:
China Occupational Medicine
2019;46(02):157-162
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To identify the current status and influencing factors associated with workplace violence in hospital medical staffs. METHODS: A typical sampling method was used to select 978 medical workers as the research subjects in a Grade 2A hospital in central China. The Workplace Violence in the Health Sector Country Case Studies Research Instruments-Survey Questionnaire was adopted for a cross-sectional survey to investigate the workplace violence in hospital in the past year, and analyze its incidence, distribution characteristics and sources of perpetrators. The survey questionnaire was developed by the World Health Organization. RESULTS: The incidence of workplace violence among medical workers was 48.5%(474/978). The incidence of physical violence in the workplace was 8.8%(86/978), of which 62(72.1%) was considered as preventable incident. The incidence of psychological violence in the workplace was 47.1%(461/978), with the incidence of verbal abuse in the workplace was 45.7%(447/978). The perpetrators were mainly family members of patients(49.4%) and patients themselves(41.4%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis results showed that the overall risk of workplace violence among medical workers in internal medicine, surgery, outpatient and emergency departments was higher than that among medical workers in non-clinical departments(P<0.01). The risk of workplace physical violence of outpatient and emergency medical workers was higher than that of non-clinical departments(P<0.01), and the risk of workplace physical violence of shift medical workers was higher than that of non-shift medical workers(P<0.01). The risk of workplace psychological violence among medical workers in internal medicine, surgery, outpatient and emergency departments was higher than that in non-clinical departments(P<0.01). CONCLUSION:Workplace violence of hospital is common in internal medicine, surgical, outpatient and emergency medical workers. It is urgent to build the hospital occupational health protection system including the violence protection.
