One year cumulative incidence and risk factors associated with workplace violence within the ambulance service in a Swedish region: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the 1 year cumulative incidence of and analyse the risk factors associated with workplace violence directed towards the ambulance service in a Swedish region.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

The ambulance services in Örebro County Council (Sweden) contain approximately 300 000 inhabitants.

Participants

All ambulance missions during the period of 12 months (n=28 640) were assessed.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was workplace violence together with the associated risk factors.

Results

The 1 year cumulative incidence of workplace violence within the ambulance service was 0.7%. Non-physical violence was most common. There was an increased odds for violence when the patient was under th

SUBMITTER: Viking M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11381691 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature