Prediction of violence or threat of violence among employees in social work, healthcare and education: the Finnish Public Sector cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop a risk prediction algorithm for identifying work units with increased risk of violence in the workplace.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Public sector employees in Finland.

Participants

18 540 nurses, social and youth workers, and teachers from 4276 work units who completed a survey on work characteristics, including prevalence and frequency of workplace violence/threat of violence at baseline in 2018-2019 and at follow-up in 2020-2021. Those who reported daily or weekly exposure to violence or threat of violence daily at baseline were excluded.

Exposures

Mean scores of responses to 87 survey items at baseline were calculated for each work unit, and those scores were then assigned to each employee within that work unit. The

SUBMITTER: Airaksinen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10465908 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature