Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported.

Methods

A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to a Chinese nursing journal from 2016 to 2017. A total of 324 nurses agreed to participate in this study and 266 participants from 165 hospitals in 72 cities returned questionnaires.

Results

A total of 172 nurses (64.7%) experienced violent incidents during the past year. Of these incidents, 45.5% were reported; and the reporting rate of physical assaults (69.0%) was higher than those of verbal abuse (36.9%), threatening behavior (51.7%), and sexual harassment (60.0%). Formal

SUBMITTER: Song C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859538 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature