Mediating role of coping styles on anxiety in healthcare workers victim of violence: a cross-sectional survey in China hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the rate of workplace violence in county hospitals in China and its impact on healthcare workers and to explore the relationship between hospital violence, coping styles and anxiety to provide effective procedures for reducing anxiety among healthcare workers.

Methods

The study used stratified sampling to select 1200 healthcare workers from 30 county hospitals in China to conduct a questionnaire survey. Of these, 1030 were valid questionnaires, and the effective response rate was 85.83%. We collected demographic characteristics of our participants and administered the following scales to them: Workplace Violence, Trait Coping Style, Self-rating Anxiety. Data were statistically analysed.

Results

The results showed t

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287625 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature