Risk assessment of workplace violence towards health workers in a Chinese hospital: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the risk factors associated with workplace violence towards health workers (HWs) in a Chinese hospital.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey in a Chinese secondary hospital in 2019 using an international survey questionnaire, and collected valid data from 1028 HW respondents via mobile phone. Alongside analysing the potential association between exposure to violence and respondents' characteristics, we compared the workplace violence between this survey and a baseline survey in the same hospital using the same questionnaire in 2018, and investigated the existing measures.

Results

A total of 5.45% of respondents had encountered physical violence while 41.63% had experienced psychological violence. Women (OR=3.45, 95% CI 1.8

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7754661 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature